Henri-Charles Guerard

Trouville-sur-Mer – The Artists – Guerard, Henri

January 20, 2023 / ° Artists, Normandy, Trouville-sur-Mer, West

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Trouville-sur-Mer. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

NOTE: To our knowledge, Guerard did not work in Trouville-sur-Mer itself, but instead worked in nearby Villerville.

Henri-Charles Guerard
Henri-Charles Guerard

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Henri Charles Guerard (1846 – 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris.

He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Monet. Eva left many of her portraits to her husband. She dies at the age of 36 of an embolism following the delivery of her son (On September 17, 1888, he married his sister-in-law Jeanne Gonzales (1852-1924), also a painter, as a second wife.)

The couple went to the Saint-Simeon farm in Honfleur, where they found their painter friends: Felix Bracquemond, Felix Buhot, Cezanne, Adolphe-Felix Cals, Jules Cheret, Ernest Cabaner, Norbert Goeneutte.

Not much else is known about this artist.

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Villerville

The village of Villerville (population: 700) lies to the North of Trouville-sur-Mer along the coast.

1876 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Boats stranded in Villerville
1876 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Boats stranded in Villerville
1876 - Henri-Charles Guerard - The Villerville mussel gatherers
1876 – Henri-Charles Guerard – The Villerville mussel gatherers
1876 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Villerville mussel harvest
1876 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Villerville mussel harvest

Guerard did not paint much, but he did paint in the following places in France (a link “⇠” to his works will appear below when published):

Trouville-sur-Mer has been an in-spot for artists and wealthy patrons. Located next to Deauville and sharing the same railway station,many artists came here to work and mingle with the high-societe folks.

Here is a list of artists who working in Trouville (a link “⇠” to that artist’s works will appear when published). An “*” after an artist’s name means that the artist did not work in Trouville itself, but in a nearby town.

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