Hippolyte Bellangé Explained

Hippolyte Bellangé
Birth Name:	Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé
Birth Date:	17 January 1800
Birth Place:	Paris
Death Place:	Paris
Nationality:	French
Known For:	battle painter

Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (17 January 1800 – 10 April 1866) was a French battle painter and printmaker.^[1] His art was influenced by the wars of the first Napoleon, and while a youth, he produced several military drawings in lithography. He afterwards pursued his systematic studies under Gros, and with the exception of some portraits, devoted himself exclusively to battle-pieces. In 1824, he received a second class medal for a historical picture, and in 1834 the decoration of the Legion of Honour, of which Order he was made an officer in 1861. He also gained a prize at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855.

Selected works

• Battle Scene (circa 1825)^[2]
• The Entry of the French into Mons.
• The Day after the Battle of Jemappes.
• The Passage of the Mincio.
• The Battle of Fleurus (at Versailles).
• A Duel in the Time of Richelieu.
• The Battle of Wagram (at Versailles).
• The Taking of Teniah de Muzaia (in Salon of 1841, and now at Versailles).
• Taking Russian Ambuscades (1857).
• Episode of the Taking of the Malakoff (1859).
• The Two Friends — Sebastopol, 1855 (exhibited in Salon of 1861, at London in 1862, and at Paris in 1867).
• The Soldier's Farewell (in Leipsic Museum).
• Military Review Under the Empire (1810) (aka Showing the Troops; 1862; in Louvre, not on display)^{[3] [4]}
• The Soldier's Return (in Leipsic Museum).
• The Return of Napoleon from Elba (in Salon of 1864, and Paris Exhibition, 1867).
• The Cuirassiers at Waterloo (in Salon of 1865, and Paris Exhibition, 1867).
• The Guard dies (in Salon of 1866, and Paris Exhibition, 1867 — his last work).

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Notes and References

1. Trapp, Frank (1996). "Bellangé, (Joseph-Louis-)Hippolyte", vol. 3, p. 634, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. . Also at Oxford Art Online (subscription required).
2. Web site: Battle Scene . Bellangé . Hippolyte . Hippolyte Bellangé . c. 1825 . Painting . 27 February 2014.
3. Web site: Un jour de revue sous l'Empire (1810) . Bellangé . Hippolyte . Hippolyte Bellangé . Dauzats . Adrien . Adrien Dauzats . 1862 . Painting . 24 March 2013.
4. Book: Adeline, Jules .

   . . Hippolyte Bellangé et son œuvre . A. Quantin . 24 March 2013 . 1880 . 52.