![]() ![]() L'Armee in Paris which Detaille helped to found. Pictures, and many of these artifacts were used in the creation of the Musee de Used many original items of uniform and weapons to give authenticity to his He produced many striking battle scenes including dashing cavalry charges. By the 1890's Detaille was turning more and more to the campaign of Napoleon and With all his work, Detaille painted a slowĪnd methodical way so as to produce his subjects naturally and realistically,īut most important of all, truthfully. ![]() Produced all the drawings and plates for Jules Richard's Types et Uniformes de This time that Detaille was developing a deep interest in the French army and he The Prince of Wales, and a scene showing Scots Guards in Hyde Park. In Britain, he painted a review of British troops by Taking time only to visit Tunisia with a French expeditionary force where he was Now a celebrity, he travelled extensively through Europe between 18, With de Neuville he produced two large panoramas of the battles at Champigny and Over the next few years,ĭetaille exhibited some of his finest paintings of the conflict such as SalutĪux Blesses of 1877, La Defense de Champigny of 1879 and Le Soir de Rezonville. Indeed, in 1872, he was forced to withdraw two paintings of the warįrom an exhibition so as not to offend Germany. TheseĮxperiences of war enabled him to produce many striking portrayals of theĪctions. On the Marne he saw regiments underįire, groups of skirmishes dispatched to the front and senseless retreats. Seeing action in the fighting around Paris. Mobile Bataillon and by November 1870 was attached to General Ducrot's staff On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 8th The Franco-Prussian War had a profound effect on the artist particularly as itįorced him to see war in person. This was to be the beginning of a glorious career painting many military scenes Imagination, The Drummer's Halt represented a scene from the French Revolution. It was in 1867 that the young artistįirst exhibited a picture, showing a view of Meissonier's studio but in theįollowing year he showed his first military piece. Known that he wished to study with Cabanel but through various circumstancesĮnded up in the great Meissonier's studio. Nonetheless, his only ambition was to be an artist and he let it be Organising Napoleon's transports, to a great aunt who had married Admiral Military figures from his grandfather who had worked as a sutler responsible for Napoleonic Art - Franco-Prussian War - Battle of Fontenoy - Antique Lithographsīorn in Paris on 5th October, 1847, the young Detaille was surrounded by Napoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War, and the Battle of Fontenoy. Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, military art prints of Napoleon and the Lady Elizabeth Butler - Ernest Crofts - Alphonse de Neuville - Horace Vernet - J B Edouard Detaille - Jean Louis Ernest Meissonnier - Richard Caton Woodville - James P Beadle - William Barnes Wollen - Thomas Jones Barker - Jacques Louis David - Robert Gibb - Robert Hillingford - John Charlton - Richard Simkin - Richard Knotel - Carl Rochling - Sir John Gilbert - Carl Vernet - Modern Artists - David Rowlands - Terence Cuneo - Antique Prints - Gifts and Books ![]() Don't Miss Any Special Deals - Sign Up To Our Newsletter! ![]()
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