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| 17 APR 2007 at 7:51pm |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | "Le Soir D'Jena" by Edouard Detaille.
[image]http://ameliefr.club.fr/galerie/albums/userpics/10001/iena.jpg[/image]
French troops presenting the captured Prussian standards to Napoleon after the battle of Jena. The Prussian army fell back in disorder losing 11.000 killed or wounded and another 15.000 captured, compared to the French losses of 5.000.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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| 18 APR 2007 at 6:24pm |
FallschirmjägerCommander
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Status : Offline | [link=http://www.wargamer.com/forums/showProfile.asp?memid=4832][b][color=#333333]Zouave[/color][/b][/link] on the "Hougoumont" by Robert Gibb picture,it reminds me of a similar one maybe?,like of prussians storming a french held place maybe at waterloo too.Or even maybe it was those kings german legion guys,the pictures of them at those farm house's the held during the battle i have liked a lot.[]
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| 18 APR 2007 at 6:48pm |
yossarianCommander
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Status : Offline | thanks to all for the great pics and links
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| 18 APR 2007 at 9:20pm |
Keester KlownCenturion
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Status : Online | Nicholas Pocock -- [image]http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/images/dhm153.jpg[/image]
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| 17 MAY 2007 at 10:07am |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | "Bataille de la Moskova ( Borodino )" by Louis François Lejeune.
[image]http://ameliefr.club.fr/galerie/albums/userpics/10001/moskowa.jpg[/image]
Battle of Borodino, 1812: http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Borodino_battle.htm
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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| 17 MAY 2007 at 7:43pm |
HussardCenturion
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Status : Online | "Wagram - Dernière charge de Lasalle" by Detaille. The last charge of General Lasalle.
[image]http://napoleonuniformes.free.fr/la%20ligne/hussards/Lasalle.jpg[/image]
The most famous Hussar commander of the Napoleonic Era was French General Lasalle.
General Lasalle asked Napoleon when he will get command of the Guard cavalry. Napoleon replied: "When Lasalle no longer drinks, no longer smokes and no longer swears."
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| 20 MAY 2007 at 1:01pm |
ralfyCenturion
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Status : Offline | I'd like to add that there may be some interesting military history books that incorporate fine art. One example is the Cassell History of Warfare series, which includes Rothenberg's Napoleonic Wars.
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”--Albert Einstein
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| 21 MAY 2007 at 1:22am |
KevlarSocksColonel
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Status : Offline | Very nice to see. I am unfamiliar with Napoleonic art.
Great links, thanks.
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| 31 AUG 2007 at 10:43am |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | "Battle of Friedland, 1807" by Ernest Meissonier. Napoleon with his general staff salutes the French 12th Cuirassier regiment who charge by during the battle of Friedland in 1807.
[image]http://www.sweb.cz/napoleon.homepage/Friedland.jpg[/image]
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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| 31 AUG 2007 at 2:43pm |
ComradePColonel
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Status : Offline | Great paintings.
I have to say that I prefer paintings from the era itself, as most of the paintings in this thread look too...modern. I was actually expecting this thread to be mostly about paintings from the Napoleonic era itself (that's how I interpreted the thread's title). In Munich, I saw some awesome paintings covering Napoleonic battles in the former palace of the King of Bavaria and I do have to say that they, in my opinion, looked better from an artistic perspective than the modern paintings (the same goes for the paintings in the 59th Infantry Regiment museum in Salzburg, even though they were painted 1914-1925 or so). The modern paintings are almost too "real" (that may sound odd, but I prefer paintings with a certain "feel" and a certain age over modern paintings).
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| 1 SEP 2007 at 1:05am |
FallschirmjägerCommander
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Status : Offline | Well there are stacks of pictures around,have not checked my books for some,but i will later,and on the net there are stacks but hard ot find the ones i like,mostly prussians or other germans of course.Like this one below i first saw quiet awhile back i think and still like a lot,kings german legion soldiers woudl ahve to be the next best german troops after the prussians i think.
Dose anyone know where i can find a bigger version of this and i think other pictures related to this one on the net?.Like know of some books at the library that im shure have it larger and that i could scan realy.But i have large fees there and im shure cant take books out with them.
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[IMG]http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9181/dhm1091tb7.jpg[/IMG]
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http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/more.php?ProdID=5135
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| 1 SEP 2007 at 12:26pm |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | ComradeP,
I understand what you are saying, but artists like Robert Gibb (1845-1932), Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891), Edouard Detaille (1848-1912), Wojciech Kossak (1857-1942) and Horace Vernet (1789-1863), are not exactly modern.
Fallschirmjäger,
Unfortunately, it's hard to find good quality German paintings on the net. []
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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| 1 SEP 2007 at 2:47pm |
ComradePColonel
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Status : Offline | I understand what you are saying, but artists like Robert Gibb (1845-1932), Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891), Edouard Detaille (1848-1912), Wojciech Kossak (1857-1942) and Horace Vernet (1789-1863), are not exactly modern.
That's true, but there is a pretty significant difference between paintings from the early 19th century and most paintings in this thread. For starters, most of the paintings in this thread are too "epic", as in: they are centered around a unit or person in "close up". One of the things I liked about the paintings in the Bavarian palace was that they presented a more panoramic view, with detail on the foreground and a battle, with columns and lines of infantry and so on, in the background.
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| 1 SEP 2007 at 3:25pm |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | I really like the more realistic paintings, but that doesn't mean that I don't like the older stuff as well. []
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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| 1 SEP 2007 at 7:38pm |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | Actually, the second half of the 19th century is my favorite period in military art history ( paintings depicting the Napoleonic Era, Crimean War, Franco-Prussian War and many other eras ).
My favorite military artists came from that period. Artists such as Edouard Detaille, Ernest Meissonier, Alphonse de Neuville, Adolphe Yvon, Ernest Crofts, Lady Butler, William B. Wollen, Robert Hillingford, Richard C. Woodville, Wojciech Kossak and Carl Rochling.
By the way, most paintings from this period focused on a single unit or a historical figure.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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| 2 SEP 2007 at 5:32pm |
Red LancerCenturion
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Status : Online | Keith Rocco is amazing!
1)[image]http://www.gettysburgframe.com/art/kr22c-l.jpg[/image] 2)[image]http://www.gettysburgframe.com/art/krffa-l.jpg[/image]
1)French 22nd Chasseur a cheval-Egypt, 1798. The 22nd fought in Napoleon's Army of Italy from 1796-1797, and had some of the most celebrated alumni of any chasseur regiment. Here, the future Marshal Bessieres rose from trooper to captain. In Egypt, the regiment served under the 23 year old Brigade Chief Charles Lasalle, later famous as the General who most embodied the dash and gallantry of the French light cavalry.
2)French Foot Artillerist-1810.
"Attack of the Dragoons of the Guard at Montmirail" by Keith Rocco.
[image]http://www.keithrocco.com/hmta/images/lg_dragoons_montmirail.jpg[/image]
On 10 February 1814, Napoleon's main body fell upon Russian General Olssufiev's isolated corps at Champaubert, and immediately attacked and destroyed the brave but foolhardy Russian General. Napoleon immediately advanced into the midst of Prussian Field Marshal Blucher's Army of Silesia's area of operations, and set about defeating it in detail. The next blow fell at Montmirail, where Napoleon hoped to separate 18.000 Russians under General Sacken from a similarly sized Prussian Corps under General Yorek.
While a small division of French conscripts under General Richard held out against the numerous Russians, Napoleon brought up the Guard to deliver a shattering blow. Six battalions of Old Guard infantry led the main attack, breaking Sacken's left flank and then repulsing several desperate Russian cavalry charges. The initial success was followed by the attack of the French Guard cavalry.
The Russian infantry formed square in preparation to receive the charge of the Empress Dragoons and the Grenadiers a cheval ( Horse Grenadiers ) of the French Imperial Guard.
The Russians were doomed.
After the Napoleonic Wars, one of the officers of the Old Guard, Noisot, had erected at his own expense a bronze monument to Napoleon. He arranged to be buried standing up a few yards so that he could continue to stand guard for eternity.
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| 3 SEP 2007 at 5:46pm |
HussardCenturion
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Status : Online | Red Lancer,
Henry Lachouque, in "Anatomy of Glory", describes the charge of French Guard cavalry at Montmirail:
"...Letort's Dragoons formed in column on the road and took off at a brisk trot. They galloped up to the enemy lines and knocked out the Russian squares. Guyot followed with the Horse Grenadiers and a company of Mameluks and chased the fugitives on the right bank of the road...Dautancourt and his Dragoons wrought havoc among the {Russian artillery} and took several prisoners."
The most famous Hussar commander of the Napoleonic Era was French General Lasalle.
General Lasalle asked Napoleon when he will get command of the Guard cavalry. Napoleon replied: "When Lasalle no longer drinks, no longer smokes and no longer swears."
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| 3 SEP 2007 at 7:28pm |
FallschirmjägerCommander
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Fallschirmjäger,
Unfortunately, it's hard to find good quality German paintings on the net. []
Yes i have found that out a little,these books at the library would be best and just looking more too on the net and being satisfied with what i find.
Fallschirmjäger
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| 4 JUN 2008 at 11:28am |
ZouaveCenturion
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Status : Online | "A Charge of the Russian Leib Guard on 14th June, 1807" [ battle of Friedland ] by Viktor Mazurovsky.
[image]http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4875/friedland2sp5.jpg[/image]
"The battle of Aspern-Essling" by Fernand Cormon.
[image]http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5845/esslingpi4.jpg[/image]
"Monument of Napoleon" by Artur Grottger.
[image]http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Grottger/Images/Posag_Napoleona.jpg[/image]
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon
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