Justin Jean-Baptiste Hippolyte Pradelles (29 March 1824 – 6 January 1913) was a French landscape painter. Initially working as a draughtsman and watercolourist, Pradelles later moved into painting, principally producing regional landscapes but also genre and military scenes.

Life

The son of an army officer, he was born in Strasbourg. He studied under

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and

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. He volunteered to fight in the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

, where he made several drawings, including four published in ''L'Illustration''. A corporal in the 6th Line Infantry Regiment, he was evacuated for health reasons, convalesced in his regimental depot in Saintes and resumed work as an artist. He joined with

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to form the short-lived Port-Berteau group in 1862. It painted landscapes in the open air around

Bussac-sur-Charente Bussac-sur-Charente (, literally ''Bussac on Charente'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. International relations Bussac-sur-Charente is twinned with Oron-la-Ville, Sw ...

until 1863, when it was dissolved. Pradelles and Auguin based themselves in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

from 1863 onwards, where Pradelles set up a studio and trained other artists. He exhibited at the salon of the Société des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux and Société des Amis des Arts de Strasbourg. He died in Bordeaux.

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