Pyreneanism
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Pyreneanism is a 19th-century sporting culture as well as an artistic and literary movement centered around exploring the Pyrenees in order to create works inspired by the experience, whether for cont
![Count Henry Russell (foreground) and Léonce Lourde-Rocheblave [fr], seated near the entrance of the Russell Caves at the Vignemale, accompanied by the](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Vignemale%2C_Russel_et_Lourdes.jpg/500px-Vignemale%2C_Russel_et_Lourdes.jpg)
Count Henry Russell (foreground) and Léonce Lourde-Rocheblave [fr], seated near the entrance of the Russell Caves at the Vignemale, accompanied by their guides.
Henri Béraldi coined the term "pyreneanism".
![Félix Régnault [fr] and guide Henri Passet at the Tuquerouye Escalade, October 1892.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Echelle_de_Tuquerouye%2C_F%C3%A9lix_Regnault_et_Henri_Passet%2C_octobre_1892.jpg/500px-Echelle_de_Tuquerouye%2C_F%C3%A9lix_Regnault_et_Henri_Passet%2C_octobre_1892.jpg)
Félix Régnault [fr] and guide Henri Passet at the Tuquerouye Escalade, October 1892.
Henry Russell in front of the entrance to one of the Russell Caves.
Henry Russell (explorer)
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Henry Patrick Marie, Count Russell-Killough was one of the pioneers of Pyrenean exploration, known for his obsession with the Vignemale, and considered an early Pyrénéist of the 19th century.
Pyreneanism
…It reached its golden age in the second half of the 19th century with the generation known as the Pléiade, which included notable figures like Count Henry Russell and geographer Franz Schrader. It was led by a small group of individuals from the social elite (aristocracy and upper bourgeoisie) or the intellectual…
Henry Russell
The north face of the Vignemale; Russell's Bellevue caves are out of sight, to the left of the photo
The entrances to Russell's caves above the Glacier d'Ossoue, Vignemale