The Master of the French Landscape: The Life and Legacy of Henri Mauperché In the golden age of 17th-century French art, few names evoke the serene grandeur of the Baroque era quite like Henri Mauperché. A painter whose brush captured both the rugged textures of the earth and the ethereal light of the heavens, Mauperché emerged as a pivotal figure in the evolution of classical landscape painting. Born in Paris around 1602, his early y…