"Charles Brun 1825-1908 Uniform Of An Officer Of The 7th Dragoon, Drawing, Soldier Napoleon Empire Army"
Charles Guillaume BRUNMontpellier, 1825 – Paris, 1908
Officer's uniform of the 7th Dragoons
Drawing, watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
Signed
Estate stamp
Drawing: 25 x 32 cm
Sold in sheet, unframed
Very good condition
Circa 1900
Drawing kept in a drawing box, the paper is therefore well preserved and the colors bright
Charles Brun enrolled in 1847 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under the direction of François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868) then Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). His participation in the Salon began in 1851 with genre subjects (Young girl doing her morning prayer), but from 1853 onwards, he regularly sent Orientalist scenes, located in Algeria (Prayer in 1859, Meeting in Constantine in 1861, Moorish woman in 1867), of great architectural rigor, enlivened by sharp contrasts in the lighting effects and showing in the modulations of gray a fine sensitivity. In addition to his numerous landscapes of Algeria, he also became known as a military portraitist, painting uniforms with precision, and naturally became official painter to the Ministry of War, where he collaborated with Alexandre Cabanel. He was also the author of church decorations, including that of Villemomble (Martyrdom of Saint Laurent, 1857). Brun became a member of the Artistes Français in 1883.
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