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Henri Gervex

44 works

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Painting of an elegant evening dinner crowd in a grand restaurant with chandeliers, marble columns and waiters.

Armenonville, le soir du Grand-Prix

1905

Painting of an autopsy scene with a body on a table and three men in dark clothing under hanging lamps.

Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu"

1876

Painted panorama of formally dressed imperial figures on a balcony before a columned neoclassical building with tall trees.

Le Panorama du siècle : la famille impériale entourée de nombreuses personnalités du Second Empire devant le palais B…

1889

Painting of elegant people in white gowns and top hats at an outdoor terrace with tables, a pavilion and trees.

Le Cercle de l'île de Puteaux

1907

Painting of powdered-wig gentlemen on a marble staircase beside classical statues and a seated bronze figure, by Henri Gervex

Le Panorama du siècle

1889

Loose oil sketch of a woman in a white dress beside a dark figure, in front of a half-timbered building with a white fence.

Étude pour un tableau non identifié, montrant l'hippodrome de Deauville

1905

Oil sketch of allegorical figures, putti and a nude woman among clouds, a study for a ceiling decoration.

La France accueillant l'Abondance, projet de plafond pour le palais de l'Élysée

1907

Oval sketch of workers with an ox at a quay, boats and flags behind, and a crowd in an arcade raising hats.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19ème arrondissement : Les activités du 19ème arrondissement (Pla…

1880

Oval painting of a draped female allegory perched on clouds holding coins, with a distant city and scattered objects below.

Allégorie de la Banque

1881

Oil portrait of a woman with a pink fan, white gloves and a rose garland on a gown, seated against blue drapery.

Femme à l'éventail (Portrait de Réjane ?)

1879

Painting of a woman in a pink gown seated on a gilded sofa, with dancing couples visible through a doorway behind her.

Le bal

1890

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark hat with white blossoms, lace collar and fur muff, against a loose birch-tree background.

Portrait de Madame de Lorgeril

1902

Loose oil sketch of a wooden pavilion under a large tree, with sunlit patches on the ground and a small figure.

Étude pour le Cercle de l'île de Puteaux

1907

Painting of a group of men in dark coats and military uniforms on a balcony above a garden and Paris rooftops.

Le Panorama du siècle : groupe d'hommes du XIXe siècle, dont trois en uniforme

1889

Loose painted salon scene with women in pale gowns around a piano, a pianist, and a vase of yellow flowers.

Un mardi, soirée chez Madeleine Lemaire

1910

Seated woman in black dress with pink carnations and blue sofa, painted portrait in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait de Madame Blerzy

1884

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a black suit and white cravat holding a cigarette against a dark background, in a gilt fra

Portrait de Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846-1904), homme politique

1894

Sketch of three octagonal panels: barrels, a winged bust with VOX POPULI tablet, and forge tools in blue and gold.

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 19ème arrondissement : L'Approvisionnement, le vote, l'outillage

1880

Reclining nude woman with long red hair on sea foam, waves and rocky coast behind her, in a gilded oval frame.

Naissance de Vénus

1907

Circular painting of a flower battle above, with women picking oranges from a tree below against a blue sky.

Bataille de fleurs à Nice

1900

Evening scene of fashionably dressed people on a moonlit terrace beside a lit neoclassical restaurant with diners at tables.

Une soirée au Pré-Catelan

1909

Group portrait of nineteenth-century men in period dress with a woman in a red robe and laurel crown, on a pale ground.

Le panorama du siècle : Dumas, Rachel, Daumier, Gavarni, Henri Monnier, Frédérick Lemaître, Rude, Horace Vernet, Dela…

1889

Painting of uniformed officers with tricolour sashes on a stone terrace, a striped canopy and large crowd behind them.

Le Panorama du siècle : Fête de la Fédération 1790 - La Convention 1792

1889

Painting of revolutionary-era men in uniforms and tricolour sashes on a stone terrace, one holding a sword.

Le Panorama du siècle : Kleber et Monge, entourés de personnalités de la Révolution française

1889

Loose oil sketch of angels playing trumpets and cello among clouds, with an ornate golden arch and dancer below.

Esquisse pour la salle des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La musique à travers les âges

1889

Painting of an autopsy scene: a nude corpse on a table with three men in dark clothing under hanging lamps.

Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu"

1876

Painting of a nude red-haired woman reclining on sea foam with waves and a rocky coast behind her.

The Birth of Venus

1907

Interior scene of a painting jury session with men in top hats examining gilt-framed canvases beside a seated panel.

Une scéance du jury de peinture

1885

Oil painting of a nude auburn-haired woman beside a glowing fireplace with candlesticks and framed pictures.

Parisina en su toilette

Night terrace scene of elegant figures in evening dress beside a lit pavilion where diners sit at tables under chandeliers.

An evening at Pré Catelan

1909

Painting of Edwardian women in gowns and hats browsing fabrics in a paneled salon with a chandelier and small dogs.

Five Hours at Paquin

1906

Painting of a crowded elegant restaurant with marble columns, chandeliers, diners in evening dress and waiters in tailcoats.

Un soir de grand prix au pavillon d'Armenonville

1905