Hippolyte Bellangé
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| Born |
Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé
1800
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| Died |
1866 (aged 65–66)
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| Nationality |
French |
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| Known for |
battle painter |
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Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (1800–1866) was a French battle painter. His art was influenced by the wars of the first Napoleon, and while a youth, he produced several military drawings in lithography. He afterwards pursued his systematic studies under Gros, and with the exception of some portraits, devoted himself exclusively to battle-pieces. In 1824, he received a second class medal for an historical picture, and in 1834 the decoration of the Legion of Honour, of which Order he was made an officer in 1861. He also gained a prize at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855.
Selected Works
- Battle Scene (circa 1825)[1]
- The Entry of the French into Mons.
- The Day after the Battle of Jemappes.
- The Passage of the Mincio.
- The Battle of Fleurus (at Versailles).
- A Duel in the Time of Richelieu.
- The Battle of Wagram (at Versailles).
- The Taking of Teniah de Muzaia (in Salon of 1841, and now at Versailles).
- Taking Russian Ambuscades (1857).
- Episode of the Taking of the Malakoff (1859).
- The Two Friends — Sebastopol, 1855 (exhibited in Salon of 1861, at London in 1862, and at Paris in 1867).
- The Soldier's Farewell (in Leipsic Museum).
- Military Review Under the Empire (1810) (aka Showing the Troops; 1862; in Louvre, not on display)[2][3]
- The Soldier's Return (in Leipsic Museum).
- The Return of Napoleon from Elba (in Salon of 1864, and Paris Exhibition, 1867).
- The Cuirassiers at Waterloo (in Salon of 1865, and Paris Exhibition, 1867).
- The Guard dies (in Salon of 1866, and Paris Exhibition, 1867 — his last work).
Gallery
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