Henriette Browne Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Henriette Browne
The Life and Art of Henriette Browne Born in Paris, France, Sophie de Bouteiller pursued an artistic education under the guidance of her mother, who encouraged her to study music and drawing. Her formal training included studies with Monsieur Emile Perrin and later in the class of Charles Joshua Chaplin, where she learned to depict body proportions and movements through the study of live models. To maintain her social standing and separ
ate her professional career from her personal life, she adopted the pseudonym Henriette Browne. This name, taken from her maternal grandmother, was used when she began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1853, a venue where she continued to show her work until 1878. Her marriage to Henry Jules de Saux, a French diplomat, allowed her to travel extensively to locations including Italy, Holland, and Constantinople. These journeys provided he…