Henri LeBasque is a French painter renowned for his bright and colorful works, characteristic of post-impressionism and the art of the Nabis.

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After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Angers, he moved to Paris in 1886 and worked in Léon Bonnat's studio. He exhibited his first paintings at the Salon des Independants and collaborated for six years with Ferdinand Humbert on frescoes in the Panthéon. He met Pissarro, frequented the pointillists like Maximilien Luce and Paul Signac, the Nabis like Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard and the Fauves like Henri Matisse, who would paint the portrait of his daughter Hélène. These various encounters enrich his work.

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He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1896, and at the Salon d'Automne since its creation in 1903. That year, the State bought him his painting “Snack on the Grass”.

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LeBasque paints scenes of daily life, sunny landscapes, portraits, and interiors, focusing on subjects of relaxation and leisure, often centered on family life and nature. His intimate works exude an atmosphere of serenity and happiness, turning into odes to the joy of living.

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His works are among others preserved at the Orsay Museum, at the MAM in Paris, at the Museums of Fine Arts in Agen, Angers, Caen and Lyon and at the Fabre Museum in Montpellier. Internationally, they are present at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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