Henri-Charles Guérard
Innovative French master of inventive printmaking
Described by the influential nineteenth-century art critic Roger Marx as “the engraver of curiosity par excellence,” Henri-Charles Guérard was one of the most skilled and inventive French printmakers of his day. It was to Guérard that the Impressionist painter Édouard Manet turned whenever he needed help making etchings, no doubt owing to Guérard’s expertise as a professional printmaker as well as to his innovative approach to the medium. He reacted to a broad array of artistic styles and worked in a variety of print techniques, testing the boundaries of each. Particularly noteworthy in this regard are his works
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Artworks by this artist
- Carrière à Vanves, Seine 1888
- Chat noir sur un journal 1887
- L’homme et le vaisseau 1880
- Vase en jade blanc 1890
- Five swans 1897
- In the Wheatfield c. 1889
- Tête de porc 1890
- Tête de tigre 1891
- Deux sujets de jade et leur socle, sur un présentoir 1890
- Le duel
- Tête de mouton 1888
- Porte-bouquet en bronze, décoré d’un crabe laqué au feu, collection Louis Gonse 1882
- Monkey and Chestnuts 19th century
- Brûle-parfum 1890
- Vase en jade vert 1890
- Moonlight in the Harbor at Dieppe circa 1885
- La boucherie, Honfleur 1888
- Elephant 1856-1897
- Letter next to a vase with a rose 1856-1897
- Dinner invitation from Henri Guérard 1883