Henri Guinier "breton With A Pipe" Brittany

Henri Guinier, born Henri Jules Guinier on November 20, 1867, in Paris, and died on October 10, 1927, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter. At his father's insistence, Henri Guinier attended the École des Arts et Métiers in Châlons-en-Champagne from 1883, becoming an engineer in 1889. However, after being admitted to the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied in the studios of Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902) and Jules Lefebvre (1834-1912), he quickly devoted himself to painting, his true passion. In 1896, he won the second Prix de Rome, followed by a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1898, the same year he received a travel grant that allowed him to visit Holland, Switzerland, and Italy. He won a silver medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Period frame!