Henri Charlier was a French painter and sculptor, noted for his religious art.
18 Facts About Henri Charlier
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Henri Charlier was born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris on 19 April 1883.
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Henri Charlier's father, Charles Charlier, was a freemason and strongly anti-Catholic.
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Henri Charlier began to study the piano when he was eight, and music would always be an important part of his life.
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Henri Charlier attended the Lycee Janson de Sailly for his secondary education.
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Henri Charlier thought of becoming a historian, but then decided on Fine Arts.
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Henri Charlier continued to study painting at the Academie Colarossi, and pursued a career as a painter until the age of thirty.
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Henri Charlier obtained a position teaching drawing in 1904, which he held until 1914.
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Henri Charlier continued to study, and made the acquaintance of Rodin, Matisse and Bourdel.
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Henri Charlier exhibited at the Salon of Independent Artists in 1911, and later was shown in several other exhibitions.
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Henri Charlier enlisted as a volunteer and was drafted as a medical assistant.
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The architect Maurice Storez bought the bas-relief and invited Henri Charlier to become a founding member of the society of Christian artists and architects.
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That year Henri Charlier made a barefoot pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres.
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Henri Charlier exhibited a statue of Joan of Art at the Salon d'Automne in 1922, which was well received.
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Henri Charlier taught several pupils including the painter Bernard Bouts, with whom Charlier founded a stained glass studio at Mesnil.
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Henri Charlier wrote a book Culture, Ecole, Metier in which he urged a renewal of education, starting with the teachers.
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Henri Charlier created a fresco to decorate the tomb of Brother Andre in Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Henri Charlier made the altar, crucifix and wooden statues of the twelve apostles for the oratory.