Portrait Of A Cuirassier Under The 3rd Republic - Nicolas Sicard

Portrait of a cuirassier under the 3rd republic. Signature lower left: To my friend Bauer. Nicolas Sicard 1840 - 1920 Painter of genre scenes, animated landscapes, animal, urban, watercolorist. He was a student of Victor Vibert and Danguin at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1869, he became a member of the Salon des Artistes Français in 1883. He received an honorable mention in 1881, a bronze medal in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition. He was made chevlier of the Legion of Honor in 1900. He painted a lot of scenes with riders. Ref. : Bénézit