Paul Huet (; 3 October 1803 – 8 January 1869) was a French painter and

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born in Paris. He studied under Gros and Guerin. He met the English painter

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in the studio of Gros, where he studied irregularly from 1819 to 1822.Noon, Patrick J., and Stephen Bann (2003). ''Crossing the Channel: British and French painting in the age of Romanticism''. London: Tate Pub. p. 107. Bonington's example influenced Huet to reject

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and instead paint landscapes based on close observation of nature. The British landscape paintings exhibited in the

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were a revelation to Huet, who said of

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's work: "It was the first time perhaps that one felt the freshness, that one saw a luxuriant, verdant nature, without blackness, crudity or mannerism." Huet's subsequent work combined emulation of the English style with inspiration derived from Dutch and Flemish old masters such as

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, and

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. He exhibited in the

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for the first time at the Salon of 1827, when one of the eight paintings he submitted was accepted by the jury. Afterwards he showed at the Salon regularly, and won the support of many important critics. Among his champions was

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, whom Huet had met In November 1822. Less enthusiastic was

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, who criticized Huet as "the painter who has been the most faithful to the principles of Constable,

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and by extension

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... he totally neglects design." Huet participated in the

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of 1830, and was involved in republican politics for a period afterwards. He was awarded a pair of

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vases from

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in 1844. He was awarded a gold medal at the Salon of 1848. He exhibited in the Exposition Universelle of 1855, where he was awarded a medal, and also exhibited in the

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of 1867. Huet's works, which include oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs, are Romantic in feeling.Murray, C. J. (2004). ''Encyclopedia of the romantic era, 1760-1850''. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 527. He was unusual among French landscape painters in his use of watercolor for sketching as well as for finished works, which were often so richly developed that they resemble oil paintings.Noon, Patrick J., and Stephen Bann (2003). ''Crossing the Channel: British and French painting in the age of Romanticism''. London: Tate Pub. pp. 241, 264. The vividness with which he depicted natural forms influenced the painters of the Barbizon School and later the

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. Huet died in Paris on 8 January 1869 and is buried at

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Selected works

* '' The Flood of Saint-Cloud'' * '' Normandy Thatched Cottage, Old Trouville''
File:Huet Paul, vue des falaises de Houlgate.jpg, ''Vue des falaises de Houlgatte'' File:Brooklyn Museum - Fontaine de Vaucluse - Paul Huet.jpg, Paul Huet, ''Fontaine de Vaucluse'', ca. 1839, watercolor, 28.9 × 44.5 cm.

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Paul Huet
artist biography from Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York {{DEFAULTSORT:Huet, Paul 1803 births 1869 deaths 19th-century French engravers French engravers 19th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French male artists