# Pierre Henry (painter)

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{{Short description|Canadian painter}}

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| name             = Pierre Henry
| honorific_suffix = [RCA](/source/Royal_Canadian_Academy_of_Arts)
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| movement         = Anecdotism
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| field            = Painting
| alma_mater       = [École des beaux-arts de Montréal](/source/%C3%89cole_des_beaux-arts_de_Montr%C3%A9al)
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| death_date       = {{death year and age|2013|1932}}
| birth_place      = [Bonaventure](/source/Bonaventure), [Gaspésie](/source/Gasp%C3%A9sie), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Canada](/source/Canada)
| birth_date       = {{birth year |1932}}
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'''Pierre Henry''',  [RCA](/source/Royal_Canadian_Academy_of_Arts) (1932–2013) was a [French Canadian](/source/French_Canadians) artist and painter born in [Gaspésie](/source/Gasp%C3%A9sie%E2%80%93%C3%8Eles-de-la-Madeleine), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), who became the first president of the ''Centre les impatients'' in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pays de villages – Pierre Henry « GALERIE MICHEL-ANGE ART GALLERY |url=http://www.michel-ange.net/?livre=pays-de-villages-pierre-henry |access-date=2022-08-24 |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Life and career ==
Henry studied art in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) at the [École des beaux-arts](/source/%C3%89cole_des_beaux-arts_de_Montr%C3%A9al), ultimately spending most of his life in the Montreal subregion.<ref name=":0" />

Henry is known for his [landscape](/source/Landscape_painting) [oil painting](/source/oil_painting)s and [abstract](/source/Abstract_art) works,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Asselin |first=Hedwidge |date=1994 |title=Pierre Henry ou la poésie du paysage intérieur |pages=54–55 |work=Vie des Arts |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/va/1994-v39-n154-va1158925/53546ac.pdf |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> and has exhibited in galleries throughout [Canada](/source/Canada) and [North America](/source/North_America). His work has been characterized as displaying "a serious lack of seriousness", which is also a feature of the artistic movement, "''anecdotism''", which Henry founded.<ref name="marden2">{{Cite web |title=Pierre Henry |url=https://mardenartgallery.com/gallery/artists/pierre-henry |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Marden Art}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Henry |first=Pierre |title=Le chant du sanglier: petit traité de l'anecdotisme = Get out of the pool : an introduction to anecdotism |date=2012 |publisher=Éditions Liber |isbn=978-2-89578-380-0 |location=Montréal, QC |oclc=847505236}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ville de Montréal - Portail officiel - Détail du communiqué |url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5798,42657625&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&id=24353&ret=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/url/page/prt_vdm_fr/rep_annonces_ville/rep_communiques/communiques |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102203706/https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5798,42657625&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&id=24353&ret=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/url/page/prt_vdm_fr/rep_annonces_ville/rep_communiques/communiques |archive-date=2022-01-02 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=ville.montreal.qc.ca |language=fr-ca}}</ref>  Henry’s art features in several prestigious institutional collections, such as at the [Royal Bank of Canada](/source/Royal_Bank_of_Canada), [IBM Canada](/source/IBM_Canada_Head_Office_Building) and [DuPont](/source/DuPont).<ref name=":1" />

Henry’s artistic career includes the rehabilitation of a historic house in [Saint-Lambert](/source/Saint-Lambert%2C_Quebec), Quebec, transforming it into the {{Interlanguage link|Marsil Museum|lt=Musée Marsil|fr|Musée_de_la_mode_(Montréal)#Les_débuts_à_la_maison_Marsil}}, and creating "''Les femmeuses''", an annual exhibition that showcased the work of female artists.<ref name=":0" />

In addition to his artistic endeavours, Henry worked as vice president of communications with [Pratt & Whitney](/source/Pratt_%26_Whitney), and with [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University) as president of the consulting committee for the Faculty of Fine Arts.<ref name=":0" />

In 1992, Henry became the president of the ''Centres les impatients'', an organization that uses [art therapy](/source/art_therapy) to help those suffering from various mental health conditions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=H |first=C. |title=Les Impatients de Montréal |url=https://voir.ca/livres/2003/05/28/les-impatients-de-montreal/ |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=Voir.ca |language=fr-CA}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Honours ==
In 1995, Henry became a member of the [Royal Canadian Academy of Arts](/source/Royal_Canadian_Academy_of_Arts).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="marden2" />

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