The Grace of Romanticism: The Life and Art of Henriette Lorimier In the vibrant, shifting landscape of early nineteenth-century Paris, few artists captured the delicate transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism with as much elegance as Elisabeth Henriette Marthe Lorimier. Born in Paris on August 7, 1775, Lorimier emerged during a period of profound political and social upheaval, yet her brush found its strength in the intimate and the emotive. As a student of the esteemed history painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault, she inherited a foundation of classical rigor, but her spirit was inherently d…