Édouard Pingret

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Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret (Saint-Quentin, Aisne, 30 December 1788 – 1875) was a French painter and lithographer.^[1]^[2]

Life

Mother & Son, Pingret 1821

He was born at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, the son of a middle-class family in a mainly agricultural region, but also home to the celebrated General Cambronne and to illustrious notaries and Normandy judges. Pingret's father, Henri Pingret Jullien, was related to the highest spheres of the Protestant aristocracy, and took up the practice of law in 1781. During the French Revolution, his father was named a representative of the Department of Aisne at the Revolutionary Convention, which required him to maintain a secondary residence in the capital of France, Paris.

Pingret studied under painter Jacques-Louis David as well as Jean-Baptiste Regnault; studied also at the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome. He exhibited in Paris salons from 1810 onward. Was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1831. From 1850 to 1855 he lived and worked in Mexico City, exhibiting annually at the Academia de Bellas Artes. He produced outstanding portraits, including those of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1808) in France and General Mariano Arista (1851; Mexico City, Mus. N. Hist.). His most important works in Mexico were costumbrista genre scenes. He died in his home town of Saint-Quentin.

Works

He was also an illustrator of monographs such as "Voyage de S.M. Louis-Philippe Ier Roi des Francais au Chateau de Windsor. Dedie A S. M. Victoria, Reine d'Angleterre." Ed. Pingret, Paris and Ackermann, London, 1846. Large folio, with 25 lithographed plates, some tinted.

Some auction results:

October 2000 Sotheby's, "Rebecca, from Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe'" - $14,000
November 1997 Sotheby's, "Escribanos en Los Portales de la Plaza de Santo Domingo" - $52,500
His painting "Cocina poblans, " 1870, 22⅞ × 16½ inches was sold at Sotheby's New York, May 17, 1994 for $150,000.

A fine example of his portrait work can be found in the collection of the Yuko Nii Foundation in Brooklyn, New York.

References

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↑ Monumens, établissemens et sites les plus remarquables du département de l'Aisne: lithographiés par M. Édouard Pingret Avec des notes explicatives É. Pingret 1821 Engelmann
↑ Procès-verbaux de l'Académie des Beaux-arts: 1821-1825 p464 Jean-Michel Leniaud - 2003 "Pingret, Édouard-Henri-Théophile, 1788-1875, peintre, "

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Name	Pingret, Edouard
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Short description	French painter
Date of birth	30 December 1788
Place of birth
Date of death	1875
Place of death

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