Henri Nicolas Vinet

Henri Nicolas Vinet (born 9 September 1817, Paris - died 15 March 1876, Niterói) was a French painter,[n 1] designer and teacher who moved to Brazil in 1856, where he remained for the rest of his existence.

He was a friend and disciple of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot,[2] having participated of the Barbizon school where many famous landscape artists, who had the habit of painting outdoors, were educated.

[1] In 1848, he took four landscapes to the Salon; the study Vue prize aux environs d'Enghien - Vallée de Montmorency was painted in 1843.

This painting, though mutilated, is currently located in Brazil and represents the typical quality of the artist's work fifteen years before leaving France.

But as a newcomer, already in his 39 years old, he opened his studio on Rua da Quitanda where he ministered classes in drawing and painting.