{{short description|French painter (1794–1876)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Henri Serrur | image = Henri Auguste Calixte SERRUR Self-portrait.jpg | caption = Self portrait | birth_date = {{birth date|1794|2|8}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1876|3|31|1794|2|8}} | birth_place = Lambersart, French Republic | death_place = Paris, French Republic | style = Classicism | signature = Serrur Signature.png | alma_mater = Beaux-Arts de Paris }} '''Henri Auguste Calixte César Serrur''' (February 8, 1794 – March 31, 1876), signed ''Henry Auguste'' or ''Calixte'', was a French painter.
A student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, he specialised on history paintings and battle scenes. He painted the portraits of the nine Avignon Popes kept at the papal palais in Avignon.
== Biography == He was born on 8th February 1794 in Lambersart.
Serrur initially studied in Lille and was given the opportunity to continue his artistic training in Paris. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. From 1819, he exhibited several times at the Salon de Paris and received several awards. His style can be classified as classicist.
He specialised in antique or medieval history scenes and battles. He also painted portraits, including those of nine Avignon popes.
He died on 31st March 1876 in Paris.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Aiace-paint.jpg|alt=<nowiki>La mort d'Ajax (1820), Palais des beaux-arts de Lille</nowiki>|''La mort d'Ajax (Death of Ajax)'' (1820), Palais des beaux-arts de Lille File:Douai chartreuse serrur soldat grec.jpg|''Mort d'un soldat grec à la mort de Tripolitza en 1820'' ''(Death of Greek Soldier during the death of Tripolitza in 1820)'' (1825), Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai File:Serrur - Jean-François-Aimé, comte Dejean (1749-1824), ministre.jpg|Jean François Aimé Dejean (Luxembourg Palace) </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Banner holder |collapsed=yes |text=This page contains text translated from other articles |image=Merge-arrow-3.svg |size=36 |1= }} *E. A. Fleischmann, ''Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon'' vol. 16 (1846), [https://books.google.com/books?id=PozrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA290 p. 290]. *Francis Petit (ed.), ''Catalogue des Tableaux, Esquisses, Études & Croquis laissés par Serrur, Peintre d'Histoire'' (1866) ([http://data.bnf.fr/14932725/henry_auguste_calixte_cesar_serrur/ bnf.fr]).
==External links== {{commons category|Henri Serrur}} *[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=AUTR&VALUE_98=%27SERRUR%20Calixte%27&DOM=All culture.gouv.fr] *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/henry-auguste-calixte-serrur/ artnet.com]
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