Lyons 1815 - Paris 1891.
French Academic Painter, 1815-1891.
Lyons 1815 - Paris 1891. French Academic Painter, 1815-1891. French genre and military painter. His study of the Dutch masters was evident in his first Salon-exhibited painting, A Visit to the Burgomaster (1834). His small genre paintings are meticulous as to furnishings and costumes. Among Meissonier's battle scenes, chiefly of the Napoleonic Wars, are Napoleon I with His Staff (Louvre) and Friedland, 1807 (Metropolitan Mus.).
The Barricade,Rue de la Mortellerie,June 1848 also called Menory of Civil War (mk05 Canvas 11 1/2 x 8 1/2''(29 x 22 cmSalon of 1850 x 1851 Donated by Carlos de Beistegui 1942;entered the Louvre in 1953 R.F.1942-31 (S/AR
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