Requin, Pierre Henri, Canon

Date born:   1851

Place Born:   Jonquerettes, France

Date died:   1917

Place died:   Avignon, France

Priest and historian of French art. Requin traveled on foot throughout Provence, documenting the lives of artists who worked in the area. He used archival material and notorial registers to collect information, particularly on artists and techniques of the 15th century. In 1889, Requin completed a historiography of 15th century painters in Avignon. The historiography included artist Enguerrand Quarton, who painted Coronation of the Virgin by the Holy Trinity. This painting gained Quarton a prix-fait, which allowed him to paint commissions witnessed by a notary. Requin also studied the works of contemporary sculptors and painters with the help of Paul Arbaud, a collector from Aix. After suffering from a stroke in 1912, Requin's manuscripts were collected by the Bibliothèque Municipale in Provence, and other public archives in the region for scholarly study. LMW

Home Country:  France

Sources:  The Dictionary of Art

Bibliography:  Histoire de la faience artistique de Moustiers.  Paris:  G. Rapilly, 1903;  Documents inédits sur les peintres, peintres-verriers et enlumineurs d'Avignon au quinzième siècle.  Paris, E. Leroux, 1889.