Good day gentleman
I'm sure that all here are interested in paintings of the French Revolutionary Wars & Napoleonic Wars, besides the delight of watching such paintings they surely proof as a versatile source for many other things, I for example use them also as wallpapers on my PC as they make a remarkable background.
Within the huge mass of pictures on the web it's a nightmare to point to a specific picture(starting with possible copyright problems), even when simply aiming for the best version others might search for a different version , so for now I will rather post the painters who did paintings that cover the mentioned eras, that way it should be easy for all interested to search for pictures of these painters and pick out whatever they need.
Averyanov, Alexander (sometimes written as Alexander Averianov)
I found no wiki entry for him but he seems to be born in 1950 so a rather "modern" arist, simply google and you will find a lot stuff from him.
Charlet, Nicolas ToussaintKnown for his His "Grenadier de Waterloo" from 1817, with the motto "La Garde meurt et ne se rend pas" (a famous phrase frequently attributed to Cambronne, but which he never uttered, and which cannot, perhaps, be traced farther than to this lithograph by Charlet).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Toussaint_Charlethttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nicolas-Toussaint_CharletCogniet, LéonKnow for "La Garde nationale de Paris part pour l’armée, Septembre 1792" (The Paris National Guard on its way to the Army, September 1792).
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Cogniet[/url]
[url]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Léon_Cogniet[/url]
Dawe, GeorgeWas an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dawehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_Dawehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_by_George_Dawe_in_Pushkin_museumhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Portraits_in_the_Military_Gallery_of_the_Winter_PalaceDetaille, ÉdouardHe was regarded as the "semi-official artist of the French army" and friend of Horace Vernet. He studied under the famous military painter Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier. Known for his "Vive L'Empereur" from 1891.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_Detaille[/url]
[url]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Édouard_Detaille[/url]
Flameng, FrançoisKnown for his "Napoléon Studying Military History". Became offical War painter of >France in the First World War
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Flameng[/url]
[url]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:François_Flameng[/url]
Gérard, FrançoisVery liked by the French side for his "The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805" and the many portrait of the French leading figures of the Empire.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Gérard[/url]
[url]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:François_Gérard[/url]
Gros, Antoine-JeanFamous for "Bonaparte at the pont d'Arcole" from 1801, "Bataille d´Aboukir" from 1806 and The Battle of Eylau from 1808.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Jean_Groshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Antoine-Jean_GrosLejeune, Louis-FrançoisJoined the French Army and received his baptism of fire in the battle of Valmy in the same year, he became aide-de-camp to Marshal Berthier in 1800, a post he retained until 1812 and in which he took an active part in practically all of the Napoleonic campaigns. He brought to the rank of général de brigade and was allowed to leave the Army in 1813, afterwards he devoted himself to painting and made an important series of battle-pictures based on his experiences.
Best known for his masterwork depicting the battle of Borodino or "Battle of Moscow, 7th September 1812" from 1822.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-François_Lejeune[/url]
[url]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Louis-François_Baron_Lejeune[/url]
Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest A remarkable one from him that everyone surely knows is his "1814. Campagne de France" that JTS used as title picture for the "Campaign 1814" game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis-Ernest_Meissonierhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jean-Louis-Ernest_MeissonierNorthen, Adolph (also know as Adolf Northen, Adolf Northern and Adolph Northern)
As the wiki notes, know for his "Preussischer Angriff"(Prussian Attack) and "Napoleons Rückkehr von Moskau"(Napoleon's retreat from Moscow).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Northenhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adolf_NorthernPhilippoteaux, Henri Félix EmmanuelWas a French artist. He was born in Paris, France, studied art at the studio of Leon Cogniet, and is lnown for the large number of works chronicling the rise and successes of Napoleon Bonaparte, including a portrait of Napoleon in his regimental uniform and a group of paintings of French victories in the Napoleonic Wars. Also know for his painting in the form of a cyclorama, a type of large panoramic painting on the inside of a cylindrical platform designed to provide a viewer standing in the middle of the cylinder with a 360° view of the painting.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Félix_Emmanuel_Philippoteaux[/url]
[url]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Henri_Félix_Emmanuel_Philippoteaux[/url]
Rava, GiuseppeNo wiki entry for him, but he was born on July 16, 1963 in Faenza(Italy) and is known for his military and historical artwork. His art is used for many things, illustrating books(Osprey books for example), cover art for games and for miniature & model kit boxes.
Salter, WilliamWas an English portrait painter of the 19th century. His best known work was a painting of 83 people at a banquet in 1836 organised by the Duke of Wellington to celebrate their victory at the Battle of Waterloo. The painting is called the The Waterloo Banquet 1836 and today is at Apsley House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Salter_(artist)http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:William_SalterThompson, ElizabethOne of the few female painters to achieve fame for history paintings, especially military battle scenes.
Known for her "Scotland Forever!" from 1881 that shows the Scots Greys charge at the Battle of Waterloo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thompsonhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_Thompsonhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/elizabeth-southerden-thompson-butlerVernet, HoraceÉmile Jean-Horace Vernet (30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863) was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist Arab subjects.
A nice one from him is about the famous battle of Valmy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Vernethttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Horace_VernetWillevalde, BogdanLikely know for his huge paintings of the battles of Kulm, Leipzig, Fère-Champenoise and Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan_Willewaldehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bogdan_VillevaldeWoodville, Jr., Richard CatonBest known for being one of the most prolific and effective painters of battle scenes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, for exampel "Maréchal Ney à Eylau", "Poniatowski's Last Charge at Leipzig" and "Life Guards Charging At The Battle Of Waterloo"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Caton_Woodville,_Jr.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Richard_Caton_Woodville,_Jr.http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search/painted_by/richard-caton-woodvilleSo that's it for know, if anyone has other noteworthy painters please post them and I put them into this first post so we get a good and huge list as resource for all interested people.
PS List has expanded considerably, many thanks to all the contributors.
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