Armand-Gustave Houbigant (1790 - 1863)
Armand-Gustave Houbigant
Armand-Gustave Houbigant was a French painter, illustrator, historian, politician and perfumer.
Armand-Gustave was the son of the famous Parisian perfumer Jean-François Houbigant (1752-1807). He took lessons in the atelier of David's pupil A.C. Caraffe and was a close friend of the archaeologist and collector Aubin-Louis Millin. Ubigan was a prolific painter and illustrator. As a young man, he became famous for his drawings for the card game Women of France (1816).
Later, from 1850 to 1855, Houbigant traveled to the Bas-Pyrenees (today the Atlantic Pyrenees), collected materials for an album about the youth of King Henry IV, and made sketches and engravings.
After his father's death, Armand-Gustave Houbigant continued his family's perfumery business.
| Date and place of birt: | 29 january 1790, Paris, France |
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| Date and place of death: | 12 january 1863, Paris, France |
| Period of activity: | XIX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Engraver, Historian, Illustrator, Politician, Writer |
| Genre: | Genre art, History painting, Portrait |
| Art style: | Baroque |
