About Henri Zuber
Lived 1844 – 1909 (aged 64). Henri Zuber was a French painter, writer, genre painter, landscape painter and artist.
Jean Henri Zuber (24 June 1844 – 7 April 1909) was a French landscape painter. He was born in Rixheim, in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace. He served in the French navy from 1863 to 1868, and took part in the French campaign against Korea in 1866.
Painting Zuber entered the atelier of Charles Gleyre in 1868 and was admitted to the Salon des artistes français in 1869. In 1873, he published an account of his experiences in Korea, with his own illustrations, in the Hachette periodical Le Tour du Monde.
From 1884, he is listed as a member of the Société d'aquarellistes français or "French society of watercolourists".
In 1886, he was made a knight of France's .
Zuber died in Paris on 7 April 1909. His grandfather was Jean Zuber, founder of Zuber & Cie in Rixheim.
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Who was Henri Zuber?
French landscape painter (1844-1909)
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Henri Zuber was born on 24 June 1844 in Rixheim.
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Henri Zuber died on 7 April 1909 in Paris.
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Henri Zuber was a painter, writer, genre painter, landscape painter and artist.
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Henri Zuber was French.
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