Henri Lehmann (1814–1882) was a German-born French painter and draftsman who became one of the most accomplished followers of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Born Heinrich Salem Lehmann in Kiel, he received early training from his father and in Hamburg before moving to Paris in 1831, where he entered Ingres’s studio at age seventeen. The discipline of Ingres’s linear classicism shaped Lehmann’s style for life, especially his refined drawing, controlled compositions, and polished finish. Lehmann exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon, earning early recognition and multiple medals, which secured his place within the French academic art world. He also spent important years in Rome alongside Ingres, deepening his engagement with classical ideals and expanding his cultural circle. After settling permanently in Paris, he won major public commissions and established himself as both a portraitist and painter of religious, historical, allegorical, and literary subjects. His career advanced through major official honors: he received the Légion d’honneur, became a French citizen, taught at the École des Beaux-Arts, and was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. As a teacher, he helped shape a later generation of artists, linking strict academic tradition to the changing art world of the late nineteenth century.