Henri-Paul Motte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri-Paul Motte

French painter

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1846

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 25-Mar-1922

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Henri-Paul Motte (13 December 1846 – 1 April 1922) was a 19th-century French painter from Paris, who specialised in history painting and historical genre.
Motte was a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme and began to exhibit at the Paris Salon from 1874 onwards.
The painting Le cheval de Troie (The Trojan horse) was the artist's début at the Salon, and was acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum in 2011.
In 1892 he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.
He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900).
He is best known for his work of the Siege of La Rochelle, a depiction of Cardinal Richelieu in battle in the 17th century, completed in 1881.



Alternative names	Henri Paul Motte
Description	French painter, draughtsman and engraver
Date of birth/death	1846 (baptised)	25 March 1922
Location of birth/death	Paris	Bourg-la-Reine
Authority control	: Q355600 VIAF: 95782310 ISNI: 0000 0000 6994 1221 ULAN: 500016515 BNF: 14917245p Léonore: LH/1946/49