Henri Durand Brager Cape Town Table Mountain Oil On Canvas South Africa Navy Circa 1850

Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager ( Dol-de-Bretagne 1814 - 1879 Saint-Maurice )

Vue de la Montagne de la Table , Cape Town , Afrique du Sud

Oil on canvas, lower left signature H Durand-Brager

Good condition

Dimensions:
27.5 x 41 cm

Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager made numerous trips to Europe, Algeria and along the Atlantic coast of Africa before joining Eugène Isabey's studio. In 1840, he was part of the expedition to bring back Napoleon's ashes. On his return to France, he painted numerous pictures of naval battles (Combat de la frégate Niemen contre les frégates Aréthusa et Amethyst 1843), some of which were commissioned by the French government. During the Crimean War (1853-1855), he was present at the siege of Sebastopol, then took part in an expedition to the Black Sea. At the end of the conflict, he painted the Battle of Sinope at the request of the Russian Tsar. While naval battles and seascapes are still an important part of his work, he also painted Oriental landscapes (The Port of Trebizond, Boats on the Bosphorus).