Bataille de friedland horace vernet biography
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The Battle of Jena, 14 October 1806
Artist(s) : VERNET Horace
When Louis-Philippe founded the Musée Historique ni Château de Versailles (The Historical Museum of the Versailles Chateau) in 1837, his express aim was to «consecrate the erstwhile residence of the Louis XIV to the glories of France». Thus built in a spirit of national reconciliation and going beyond the mere commemoration of historical events, the museum was first and foremost designed to be an emblem of France unified. And at the heart of the programme, stands the 'Galerie des Batailles' (The Battle Gallery), the perfect expression of this consciousness of the Nation. Not just a collection showing the victories of Clovis, Philippe-Auguste, Louis XIV and Napoléon, the 35 paintings on show in the gallery are victories which mark the constitution of a national identity.
The 'Galerie des Batailles' is the perfect example of what the 19th-century France understood as history painting. On hundred a
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The Battle of Friedland (painting)
Painting by Horace Vernet
The Battle of Friedland (French: Bataille de Friedland, 14 juin 1807) is an 1835 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.[1] It depicts the Battle of Friedland fought on 14 June 1807 in East Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was a decisive victory for French forces over their Russian enemies. At the subsequent Treaty of Tilsit, Napoleon was able to dictate peace terms to his beaten opponents. It is also sometimes known as Napoleon at the Battle of Friedland.
Vernet was a leading history painting in Restoration France. He depicted a number of French victories during the Napoleonic Era as well as more contemporary paintings of the French Conquest of Algeria. He depicts Napoleon issuing orders to MarshalNicolas Oudinot with Etienne de Nansouty and Marshal Ney behind them. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1836 in Paris. It is now on display in the Galerie des Batailles at the Pa
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Horace Vernet
French painter (1789–1863)
Horace Vernet | |
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Self-Portrait with Pipe, 1835 | |
| Born | Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-06-30)30 June 1789 Paris, France |
| Died | 17 January 1863(1863-01-17) (aged 73) Paris, France |
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| Movement | Orientalist |
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French pronunciation:[emilʒɑ̃ɔʁasvɛʁnɛ]; 30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863) more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
Biography
[edit]Early career
[edit]Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famous painter, who was himself a son of Claude Joseph Vernet. He was born in the ParisLouvre, while his parents were staying there during the French Revolution. Vernet quickly developed a disdain for the high-minded seriousness of academic French art work which was distinguished by art influenced bygd Classicism, and decided to paint