{{Short description|French painter and lithographer}} thumb|''Self-Portrait in a Mexican Landscape'' (1854)
'''Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret''' (30 December 1788 {{ndash}} 1875) was a French painter and lithographer.<ref>''Monumens, établissemens et sites les plus remarquables du département de l'Aisne: lithographiés par M. Édouard Pingret Avec des notes explicatives'' É. Pingret 1821 Engelmann</ref><ref>''Procès-verbaux de l'Académie des Beaux-arts: 1821-1825'' p.464 Jean-Michel Leniaud - 2003 "Pingret, Édouard-Henri-Théophile, 1788-1875, peintre, "</ref>
==Life== thumb|left|upright|''Mother and Son'', Pingret 1821 He was born at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, the son of a middle-class family in a mainly agricultural region, but also home to the celebrated General Cambronne and to illustrious notaries and Normandy judges. Pingret's father, Henri Pingret Jullien, was related to the highest spheres of the Protestant aristocracy, and took up the practice of law in 1781. During the French Revolution, his father was named a representative of the Department of Aisne at the Revolutionary Convention, which required him to maintain a secondary residence in the capital of France, Paris.
Pingret studied under painter Jacques-Louis David as well as Jean-Baptiste Regnault; studied also at the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome. He exhibited in Paris salons from 1810 onward. Was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1831. From 1850 to 1855 he lived and worked in Mexico City, exhibiting annually at the Academia de Bellas Artes. He produced outstanding portraits, including those of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1808) in France and General Mariano Arista (1851; Mexico City, Mus. N. Hist.). His most important works in Mexico were costumbrista genre scenes. He died in his home town of Saint-Quentin.
==Works== He was also an illustrator of monographs such as "Voyage de S.M. Louis-Philippe Ier Roi des Francais au Chateau de Windsor. Dedie A S. M. Victoria, Reine d'Angleterre." Ed. Pingret, Paris and Ackermann, London, 1846. Large folio, with 25 lithographed plates, some tinted. A fine example of his portrait work can be found in the collection of the Yuko Nii Foundation in Brooklyn, New York. A painting titled ''Reading A Letter'' by Pingret is in the collection of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana.
== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines" widths="200"> File:Lord Charles Fitzroy.jpg|Portrait of British politician Lord Charles Fitzroy, 1818 File:Portrait de Bernard Jumentier.jpg|Portrait of French composer Bernard Jumentier, 1823 File:Pingret Meerschaum.jpg|''Portrait Eines Mannes mit Meerschaumpfeife'' ({{Lit|Portrait of a Man with a Meerschaum Pipe}}), 1828 File:François-Adrien Boieldieu et Jenny Philis-Bertin, by Edouard Pingret.jpg|''François-Adrien Boieldieu et Jenny Philis-Bertin'', 1830 File:Édouard Pingret Loterie au profit des pauvres 1831.jpg|''Loterie au profit des pauvres'' ({{Lit|Lottery to benefit the poor}}), 1831 File:Édouard Pingret - Portrait eines Literaten in seinem Salon, 1834.jpg|''Portrait eines Literaten in seinem Salon'' ({{Lit|Portrait of a Literary Man in his Salon}}), 1834 File:Édouard Pingret - Costumes des Pyrénées 01.jpg|''Costumes des Pyrénées,'' 1834; lithographed by Bergers Aranais, part of a series of Swiss illustrations File:Édouard Pingret Les artistes en Suisse.jpg|''Les artists en Suisse'' ({{Lit|Artists in Switzerland}}), unknown year but likely circa 1830s File:A young couple visit a savant Wellcome L0040406.jpg|''A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them,'' {{Circa|1833}} File:Pingret - Louis de Clermont, seigneur de Bussy d'Amboise.jpg|''Portrait of Louis de Clermont, seigneur de Bussy d'Amboise'', 1835 File:St-louis-lès-bitche1836.jpg|''Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche'', 1836 File:Pingret - Le général comte C. T. de Montholon (1783-1853).jpg|''Le général comte C. T. de Montholon'', {{Circa|1840}} File:Pingret - Arrival of King Louis-Philippe at Windsor Castle.jpg|''The Arrival of King Louis Philippe at Windsor Castle'', 1844 File:Chang and Eng, Siamese twins, 1836. Oil painting by Edouard- Wellcome V0017109.jpg|Portrait of Chang and Eng Bunker, 1846 File:Portrait d'Ahmed Ben Ferruch - Pingret - Musée Condé.jpg|Portrait of Ahmed Ben Ferruch, 1847 File:Portrait d'Amar ben Ferhat, Bachagha des Ouled Aïad.jpg|Alternate portrait of Ahmed Ben Ferruch, 1847 File:Adele Monplaisir, 1853, by Edouard Pingret.jpg|''Adele Monplaisir'', 1853 File:Charro y Charra (1853).jpg|''Charro y Charra'', 1853 File:Chinaco e india en patio mexicano.jpg|''Chinaco e india en patio mexicano (''{{Lit|Chinaco and India on a Mexican patio}}), 1854 File:Brooklyn Museum - Portrait of Don Manuel Romero de Terreros y (Villar-)Villamil - Édouard Pingret - overall.jpg|''Portrait of Don Manuel Romero de Terreros y Villar-Villamil'', {{Circa|1865}} File:Brooklyn Museum - Portrait of Doña María Josefa Romero de Terreros y Gómez de Parada - Édouard Pingret - overall.jpg|''Portrait of Doña María Josefa Romero de Terreros y Gómez de Parada'', {{Circa|1865}} </gallery>
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