Henri Beau

Canadian (1863 - 1949)

Henri Beau was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Henri Beau's estimated art value is C$20,000 (*)

Henri Beau's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$100,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Henri Beau (1863-1949) was C$60,000 - paid for "Summer in the Garden" at Cowley Abbott in Toronto on Thu, Jun 8, 2023.
ArtValue.ca has 39 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$100,000.

Piano Lesson
oil on canvas
Dimensions - 45.7 cms x 55.2 cms (18 ins x 21.75 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 41571
Thu, Dec 1, 2022

Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for CAD $10,800

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Henri Beau belongs to the generation of Quebec painters who went to Paris in the 1880s to pursue their artistic training. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts and attending private academies in the capital, the native Montrealer pursued a career in France. Beau is recognized for his historical paintings and stood out in Parisian salons with impressionist landscapes reminiscent of Monet’s technique. Alongside his work as an illustrator for the Public Archives of Canada in Paris (1921-1938), Beau produced portraits, landscapes, still lifes and genre scenes. The retrospective exhibition that the Musée du Québec (today the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec) organized in 1987 highlighted his intimate paintings, which represent the interior of his studio apartment on l’Allée Maintenon, located in a dead end of the rue de Vaugirard, in Paris. In addition, the French state acquired one of these intimate scenes in 1939, which is now in the collection of the Musée de Nevers.

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