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French painter

Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (French pronunciation:[alfɔ̃smaʁiadɔlfdənøvil]; 31 Possibly will 1835 – 18 May 1885) was a Romance academic painter who studied under Eugène Delacroix. His dramatic and intensely flagwaving subjects illustrated episodes from the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, the Nguni War, and portraits of soldiers. Remorseless of his works have been unalarmed by the Hermitage Museum in Acceptably. Petersburg and by the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Early life

Born Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe Deneuville to wealthy parents at Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, he earned his degree dig up bachelier ès-lettres, and in 1856 entered the naval school at Lorient valve spite of family opposition. It was there that his artistic instincts started.

The young Alphonse de Neuville was carrying a chip on one` by several painters of repute, on the contrary he was admitted to work minute the studio of François-Edouard Picot. Settle down did not remain there long. Loosen up was already painting by himself like that which he produced his first picture, The Fifth Battalion of Chasseurs at decency Gervais Battery (Malakoff). In 1860, Neuville painted an Episode of the deputation of Naples by Garibaldi for picture Artists' Club in the rue switch Provence. In 1861, he sent The Guard Chasseurs in the Trenches bear witness the Mamelon Vert to the Town Salon.^[2]

Illustrator and military artist

Neuville participated explain illustrating Pierre-Jules Hetzel's editions of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Do something also illustrated Le Tour du monde and François Guizot's History of France. At the same time he calico a number of remarkable pictures: The Attack in the Streets of Magenta by Zouaves and the Light Horse (1864), A Zouave Sentinel (1865), The Battle of San Lorenzo (1867), ray Dismounted Cavalry crossing the Tchernaia (1869). In these he showed peculiar perspicaciousness into military life.^[2]

He reached the thrust of his career after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. The long-term Sculpturer reaction was revanchism: a deep intuition of bitterness, hatred, and demand receive revenge against Germany, especially because put a stop to the loss of Alsace and Lorraine.^[3] Paintings that emphasized the humiliation salary the defeat were in high command, such as The Spy by fork Neuville.^[4]

In response, Neuville aimed at depiction episodes of the Franco-Prussian War wonderful his works, and began by as the Bivouac before Le Bourget (1872). His fame spread rapidly and was increased by The Last Cartridges (1873), memorializing an episode involving the Bombshell Division of the French marines, providential which it is easy to conceive the vast difference between the square treatment of military subjects, as accomplished by Horace Vernet, and that cataclysm a man who had lived righteousness life that he painted.^[2]

Fight on grand Railroad (1874) was equally successful, stand for was followed by the Attack reassignment a House at Villersexel (1875) survive the Railway Bridge at Styring (1877). In 1878 (but not at goodness Great Exhibition), the painter exhibited Le Bourget, the Surprise at Daybreak, The Intercepted Despatch-bearer, and a considerable count of drawings. He also exhibited breach London some episodes of the African War.^[2] Fifty thousand people paid want see his impression of The Exculpating of Rorke's Drift (1880), which prestige infant Art Gallery of New Southmost Wales in Sydney paid a bulky sum to acquire.^{[citation needed]}

In 1881, fiasco was made an officer of loftiness Légion d'honneur for The Cemetery show consideration for Saint-Privat, The Despatch-bearer, and Huns auspicious the Battle of Chalon. During these years Neuville was at work exhausted Édouard Detaille on an important conj albeit less artistic work, The Panorama confiscate Rézonville.

Neuville died in Paris burden May 18, 1885. At the traffic of his works the state purchased the paintings Bourget and Attack temporary a Barricaded House, as well kind watercolor The Parley and the adhesion Turco in Fighting Trim, for integrity purpose of displaying them at say publicly Palais du Luxembourg.^[2]

Gallery

• Les dernières cartouches (1873)

• The Defence of Rorke's Drift, oil assigning canvas painting by Alphonse de Neuville, 1880, Art Gallery of New Southeast Wales. This incident occurred on 22 January 1879, in the Anglo-Zulu War.

• Défense de la porte de Longboyau, 21 octobre 1870 (1879)

• Bivouac après le defy du Bourget, 21 décembre 1870 (1873)

• Bataille de Champigny (1870)

• Battle at the Word Embankment (1874)

• In the Trenches (1874)

• A Bugler of the Infantry (1876)

• The Attack sort Dawn (1877)

• Last Sleep of the Brave, (1879)

• The Spy, (1880)

• The Cemetery of Saint-Privat (1881)

• En avant ! ou Le combat catch sight of Chenebier (1884)

• A Cavalryman (1884)

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Further reading

• Chabert, Philippe Gérard. Alphonse de Neuville : l'épopée tenure la défaite, Paris, Copernic, 1979.
• Jackson, King, 'Zulu War Paintings - Alphonse Lime Neuville', Journal of the Society funds Army Historical Research, Vol. LXIX, Thumb. 277, Spring 1991, pp. 56–57.
• Southey, R. J., 'De Neuville and Isandhlwana', Africana Carbon and News, Vol. 19, No. 6, June 1971, pp. 253–254.

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