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Lucien Felix Henry (22 May 1850 – 10 March 1896) French-born artist and teacher who was one of the first to use Australian motifs in his sculpture and decorative art, and was a founder of the Art Society of New South Wales.
Lucien Henry | |
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Born | (1850-05-22)22 May 1850 Sisteron, France |
Died | 10 March 1896(1896-03-10) (aged 45) Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France |
Spouse(s) |
Rastoul, Juliette
(m. 1880–1896) |
Henry arrived in Sydney in 1879 from political exile in New Caledonia, was an artist who, during his relatively short stay, pioneered the use of Australian motifs as a national style in decorative art. Henry worked in a wide range of media from painting, sculpture and architecture to stained glass and other decorative arts. He was particularly interested in the decorative form of the waratah, which he integrated into a number of his works. As a teacher and art instructor at the Working Men's College, and later the Sydney Technical College, he influenced a rising generation of Australian artists and, importantly, art teachers. Revolution and exile
Lucien Henry was born in Sisteron, Provence, France in 1850, moving to Paris in 1867, where he studied under acclaimed architectural master, Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc and later at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1871, Henry was an active participant in the Paris Commune, being a Chef de la Legion responsible for the defence of the 14th arrondissement. With the defeat of the Commune, Henry was arrested and sentenced to death, but was instead exiled to the French prison colony in New Caledonia.