SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
A genre painter, Henri Brispot observes everyday life in scenes that sources describe as often ironic or empathetic; he also creates anecdotal paintings that mock the high clergy. Trained by Émile Lassalle, he later studied with Léon Bonnat at the École des beaux-arts de Paris. His father, Pierre Henri Brispot, was mayor of Mouy.
His career was marked by a third-class medal at the Salon of 1881, followed by a silver medal at the 1889 Universal Exhibition. In 1896, he created the poster announcing the first paid screenings of the Lumière brothers’ Cinématographe at the Salon indien du Grand Café in Paris.
Several works are listed in public collections: Autoportrait at MUDO – Musée de l’Oise in Beauvais, and Critique du portrait, dated 1900, at the La Piscine museum in Roubaix. Le Retour du Pardon is held at the Musée du Cloître in Tulle; the work is listed there as a gift from Baron Alphonse de Rothschild in 1898.
This profile brings together identity references for Henri Brispot and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
2 references are documented at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on wood
Le récit du général
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2024-09-06
Published result : 1981 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Oil on canvas
Audienz beim Kardinal.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-05-06
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3800
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
