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Paul-Émile Boutigny (; 10 March 1853 in
''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 theBase Léonore
Antiquarian Traders
''The Revolt at Pavia'', with commentary.
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Dates of issues and cover illustrations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boutigny, Paul-Emile 1853 births 1929 deaths 19th-century French male artists 19th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 20th-century French painters French magazine founders French male painters Knights of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Military art Painters from Paris
Paul-Émile Boutigny (; 10 March 1853 in Paris
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– 27 June 1929 in Paris) was a French academist painter who specialized in military subjects.
Life and work
His father was a tailor and his mother worked as a seamstress. Following theFranco-Prussian War
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, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts
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under Alexandre CabanelOpen Library''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 Légion d'honneur
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in 1898.Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to:
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That same year, he began producing the satirical, artistic and literary journal '' Cocorico'', which promoted Art Nouveau
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He illustrated several works:
* ''Chants du Soldat'', a popular collection of patriotic poems by Paul Déroulède. Calmann Lévy, Paris 1881
* '' Boule de Suif'' by Guy de Maupassant, Calmann Lévy, Paris 1899
* ''Les Héros de France'' ( Hoche, Marceau and Desaix) by , SDL, Paris 1900
* ''L'attaque du Moulin'' by Émile Zola, from the anthology '' Les Soirées de Médan'', 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 Malakoff and the Death of Captain Pagès'' (1887). Hall of Honor of the Seventh Infantry Regiment.
* ''Napoléon – The Battle of Aspern-Essling – Death of Jean Lannes, Marshall of the Empire'' (1894)
* ''Napoléon Bonaparte – The Revolt at Pavia
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'' (1895)
References
Further reading
* Emmanuel Bénézit: ''Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays'', Vol. 2. Gründ, Paris 1999, .External links
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 19th-century French male artists 19th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 20th-century French painters French magazine founders French male painters Knights of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Military art Painters from Paris