Paul-Émile Boutigny (10 March 1853 in

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– 27 June 1929 in Paris) was a French painter who specialized in military subjects.

Life and work

His father was a tailor and his mother worked as a seamstress. Following the Franco-Prussian War, he studied at the

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under

Alexandre Cabanel Alexandre Cabanel (; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to ''Diccionario Enciclopedi ...

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''Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs, dessinateurs : portraits et biographies suivis d'une notice sur les Salons français depuis 1673'', les Sociétés de Beaux-Arts, (1897), p. 71 and developed a unique style of battle painting, drawn from personal experience. He was a regular participant in the

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after 1880. He was decorated with the

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in 1898.Base Léonore

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That same year, he began producing the satirical, artistic and literary journal '' Cocorico'', which promoted

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. He illustrated several works: * ''Chants du Soldat'', a popular collection of patriotic poems by

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. Calmann Lévy, Paris 1881 * '' Boule de Suif'' by

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, Calmann Lévy, Paris 1899 * ''Les Héros de France'' (

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, Marceau and Desaix) by , SDL, Paris 1900 * ''L'attaque du Moulin'' by

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, from the anthology ''

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'', Collection des Dix, Paris 1901 Some of his most familiar paintings include: * ''An Episode from the Quiberon Affair'' (1881). Musée des Beaux-Arts et Arts Décoratifs de Mirande * ''The Seventh Line to Attack

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and the Death of Captain Pagès'' (1887). Hall of Honor of the Seventh Infantry Regiment. * ''Napoléon – The

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– Death of

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, Marshall of the Empire'' (1894) * ''Napoléon Bonaparte – The Revolt at

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'' (1895)

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Antiquarian Traders
''The Revolt at Pavia'', with commentary.
ArtNet: More works by Boutigny

Dates of issues and cover illustrations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boutigny, Paul-Emile 1853 births 1929 deaths Military art 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French magazine founders 19th-century French male artists

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