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appeal to the public than these military
sermons on canvas.

French Military Painters. a.,~;|
France has for centuries made a rec
ord Of history in her. paintings, Yer
sailles has as its greatest collection
the "Galaxy Of Battles" The mill
tary- achievements. Of the republic and
first empire were illustrated by David;
Gerard, Gros, Gericault, the Vernets as
well as MISSIONER. Yvon, Protais and
Dumaresq recorded Napoleon Ills
achievements, but the Franco-Prussian
war stimulated younger artists to de-
pict the realistic scenes Of battle and
large number formed an ARTISTS Bat.
talion.'
Philtppoteau. 80
Philippoteau 1s15-lss4) painted
many battle scenes, as the. French at
and "English Cavalry at at
Luxembourg, London, and one in Min
neapolis. After the civil war he came
to the United States, where he painted,
sketched or arranged the great piano.
ramas Of battles Of Gettysburg and
| others, which were shown with great
realistic effect, in many cities. He dis
posed Of his collection in New York
city to go to E gypt. at the request Of
the khedive, who offered him an i'm
LACuoS odAdIy VI ptCyUOU D. year lOI
Egyptian battle scenes for the royal
De Neville.
DE Neville and Detaille are two Of
| the most famous military painters of
modern times. They were intimate
friends, working together in their com
mon interest Of art, instead Of standing
aloof like rivals, as has been too fire.
quently the record Of artists They both
enlisted In the ranks Of French SOL
| diers during the Franco-P russian war,
| and from experience and observation
were perfectly familiar with events
| which they portrayed. Three years
| after the war, in 1874, they together
revisited battlefelds Of Metz, Sedan,
and others, with French officers, max
ing sketches with description, and later
De Neville (1s85-1SsT had early.
worked as an illustrator for the historian
Guizot, In his. "History Of France,'
His wealthy parents, hoping he would
have an official career, gave him every
educational advantage, but living in
Paris, he was more frequently sketch
ing scenes Of military life at the FcoIe
Mihtaire than In his Glasses. Not even
Dore had a more rapid hand or. fer
tile imagination. First, as an engi-
|
staff, he served In the war Of 1901.
which gave him frst-hand war scenes
| His comrades said, che fred with one
hand and sketched with the other.n
After the war he brought to his Par
isian studio uniforms, arms, equipments
and pierced the walls with bulletholes,
broke furniture, cleft. doors, wrenched
the frames from the windows and paint
ed the scene "1'he Last. Cartridge, =
! Full ~ oo,,% M -
feat, part Of his own war experience.
"The Bivouac in Vanderbilt gal
lery is a portrait group Of officers and
/. men, shut up in building, still resist
ing after the little French village had
been taken by the Prussians. A fine
colorist, excelling, in dramatic action.
but not equal to his artist conrad. :
Detaille. :1#4 49,:
| Detaille (1s4s), ten years younger.
his wonderful memory was so accurate
for detail that he was called the Gar
fist with the camera in his eye.'' AS
truth and results would not permit him
1 to paint the French victorious, he shows
the spirit Of heroic endeavor and en-
DURANGO, even in disaster. In his studio
he had his models in all positions, seal
ing walls, loading, firing, PROSTATE. in
| battle smoke, as he had the fire Of mus
kerry about them, to catch the spirit Of
the scenes. He, is very popular in both
Europe and the United States. His
the Drummers,'' = After the Combat. y
are celebrated and familiar by engrav-
ing. Emperor William I. had only two
pictures In his bedroom. They were by
these two artists. Under Detaille's he
wrote, Homage from the victor to the
vanquished.