Paul-Émile Boutigny
(mid 1890s). Photograph by
Wilhelm Benque
Paul-Émile Boutigny (French pronunciation: [pɔl emil butiɲi]; 10 March 1853 in Paris – 27 June 1929 in Paris) was a French academist painter who specialized in military subjects.
Life and work[edit]
His father was a tailor and his mother worked as a seamstress. Following the Franco-Prussian War, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Cabanel[1] and developed a unique style of battle painting, drawn from personal experience. He was a regular participant in the Salon after 1880.
He was decorated with the Légion d'honneur in 1898.[2] That same year, he began producing the satirical, artistic and literary journal Cocorico, which promoted Art Nouveau.
He illustrated several works:
- Chants du Soldat, a popular collection of patriotic poems by Paul Déroulède.[1] Calmann Lévy, Paris 1881
- Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant, Calmann Lévy, Paris 1899
- Les Héros de France (Hoche, Marceau and Desaix) by Théodore Cahu, 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 (1895)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Open 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
- ^ Base Léonore Ministry of Culture
Further reading[edit]
- 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, ISBN 2-7000-3012-5.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul-Émile Boutigny.
- Antiquarian Traders: The Revolt at Pavia, with commentary.
- ArtNet: More works by Boutigny
- Liste Cocorico Dates of issues and cover illustrations.
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