Henry Parayre was born on 9 July 1879 in Toulouse, France.

[1] Parayre served as the director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse.

[2] Some of his students included André Arbus and Marc Saint-Saëns.

[3] Parayre designed the monument in honor of the French Resistance in Sainte-Radegonde, Aveyron.

[3] His work is in the permanent collection of the Musée Denys-Puech in Rodez.