Henri-Pierre Picou  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
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Antoine sur le Cydnus.  Henri-Pierre Picou (27 February 1824 -
17 July 1895) was a French painter born in Nantes.[1][2] His
oeuvre began with portraits and classical historical subject
matter but he later moved on to allegorical and mythological
themes.[3]  He was an academic painter and one of the founders
of the Neo-Grec school, along with his close friends Gustave
Boulanger, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Jean-Louis Hamon, also academic
painters. All of them studied in the workshops of both Paul
Delaroche and later Charles Gleyre. Picou's style was noticeably
influenced by Gleyre. While the rest of the group generally
painted classical and mythological subjects, Picou also received
commissions for large religious frescoes from many churches,
including the Église Saint-Roch.[4]  Picou's Allegory of Spring,
painted in 1871, now housed at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello.
His artistic debut wa