Henri Pierre Picou French Neo Grec School 66 paintings HD

HenriPierre Picou (18241895) was a French painter. His oeuvre began with portraits and classical historical subject matter but he later moved on to allegorical and mythological themes, including female nudes. He was an academic painter and one of the founders of the NeoGrec school, along with his close friends Gustave Boulanger, JeanLéon Gérôme, and JeanLouis Hamon, also academic painters. All of them studied in the workshops of both Paul Delaroche and later Charles Gleyre. Picou s style was noticeably influenced by Gleyre. While the rest of the group generally painted classical and mythological subjects, Picou also received commissions for large religious frescoes from many churches. Picous artistic debut was at the Salon in 1847. The next year he was awarded a secondclass medal for his painting, Cléopâtre et Antoine sur le Cydnus. Also known as Cleopatra on the Cydnus, it is commonly regarded as Picou s masterpiece. This showing at the Salon in 1848 was