Sujet

Artillery Practice, 1860. Creator: Isidore Pils.

Légende

Artillery Practice, 1860. In 1852, Pils switched his focus from religious and genre scenes to military paintings. His decision to do so may have been prompted by the events that precipitated the Crimean War (1854-56), during which Napoleon III encouraged public support for his military exploits by granting major government commissions for scenes that glorified his victories. However, Pils' ill health prevented him from traveling. Therefore, he adapted his battle scenes from firsthand accounts and newspaper stories about the war. Moreover, he spent a great deal of time sketching at Vincennes, a major military encampment near Paris.

Date

1860

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B21_426

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

35,3Mo (1,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 21,1cm / 4960 x 2491 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait sport sports training arts country French France practice art continent museum exercise European color military war pushing cannon location Armed Forces century soldiers soldier straining concept troops artillery Army warfare Colour Regiment 19th century heavy artillery armed services armaments artilleryman nineteenth century gun carriage ramrod training ground Artillery Cannon Walters Art Museum Isidore Pils Pils Isidore Heritage Art 19th-century artillery gun watercolour with graphite underdrawing heightened with white gouache on cream thick heavily textured wove paper