Engineer, Artist. Henri Rouart designed the pneumatic tube system of the Paris Post Office. He served as an Artillery Captain during the War of 1870, and after becoming a painter in his fifties, participated in the First Exhibition of the Impressionists in 1874, and helped financially back two more major Impressionist exhibitions. A subject of several Edgar Degas paintings, Rouart was also mayor of the town of La Queue-en-Brie in the department of Val-de-Marne from 1891 to 1912. The sale of his art collection, after his 1912 death, led to the first boom in popularity and cost of Impressionist works.
Engineer, Artist. Henri Rouart designed the pneumatic tube system of the Paris Post Office. He served as an Artillery Captain during the War of 1870, and after becoming a painter in his fifties, participated in the First Exhibition of the Impressionists in 1874, and helped financially back two more major Impressionist exhibitions. A subject of several Edgar Degas paintings, Rouart was also mayor of the town of La Queue-en-Brie in the department of Val-de-Marne from 1891 to 1912. The sale of his art collection, after his 1912 death, led to the first boom in popularity and cost of Impressionist works.
Bio by: Rik Van Beveren
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