Henry de Waroquier

{{Short description|French visual artist (1881–1970)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Henry de Waroquier

| other_names = Henri de Waroquier,
Henri DeWaroquier

| birth_name = Louis Henri Alphonse de Waroquier

| birth_date = 8 January 1881

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|12|31|1881|01|08|df=y}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| burial_place = Père Lachaise Cemetery

| education = École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs

| occupation = Painter, sculptor, designer, engraver, teacher

| known_for = Landscape painting

| movement = Orientalism

| awards = Commander of the Legion of Honour (1950),
Officer of the Legion of Honour (1937),
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
Knight of the Legion of Honour (1926)

}}

Henry de Waroquier (né Louis Henri Alphonse de Waroquier; 8 January 1881 – 31 December 1970) was a French painter, sculptor, designer, engraver, and teacher.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2011 |title=Waroquier, Henry de |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00194664 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00194664}} He is associated with the School of Paris.

He attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, under {{III|Charles Genuys|fr}}.

De Waroquier was a teacher of decorative composition at the École Estienne, and of painting at the Académie Scandinave in Paris.{{Cite book |last=Clement |first=Russell T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mk7EEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA565 |title=Les Fauves: A Sourcebook |date=1994-05-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-36955-1 |pages=565 |language=en |via=Google Books}} Noted students which worked under him included Inés Puyó,{{Cite web |title=Inés Puyó Biography |url=https://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-article-40179.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Artistas Visuales Chilenos, AVCh, MNBA}} Heini Waser, and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.{{Cite web |title=Maria Elena Vieira da Silva |url=https://www.applicat-prazan.com/en/artists/maria-elena-vieira-da-silva/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Applicat-Prazan |language=en-GB}}

He was Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (1950), and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

De Waroquier died on December 31, 1970, in Paris, and is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2006 |title=Waroquier Henry de (1881–1970) |url=http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=837 |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.appl-lachaise.net%2Fappl%2Farticle.php3%3Fid_article%3D837#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=November 29, 1998 |website=Association of Friends and Enthusiasts of Père-Lachaise |language=fr}} His work is found in many public museum collections, including Musée d'Orsay, Paris;{{Cite web |title=Niobe |url=https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/niobe-78371 |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.musee-orsay.fr%2Ffr%2Foeuvres%2Fniobe-78371#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |website=Musée d'Orsay}} Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels;{{Cite web |title=Henry de Waroquier, The Entrevaux Bridge, 1921 — Inv. 4396 |url=https://fine-arts-museum.be/fr/la-collection/henry-de-waroquier-le-pont-d-entrevaux |website=Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium}} and {{III|Musée Laurier|fr}}, Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite web |title=Collection |url=https://museelaurier.com/collection/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Musée Laurier |language=fr-FR}}