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Alphonse de Neuville is one of those painters who were spared the hardships often associated with an artist's life. Only his early death fits the cliché. Despite his sheltered youth, however, de Neuville is not an artist for pacifists; after all, he was born into a warlike period and himself served as an officer in the French army.
The famous battle painter was born in 1836 in Saint-Omer, the son of wealthy landed gentry. The small town is situated on the north-east coast of France, not far from the famous port of Calais. De Neuville received a good school education and was not in the least interested in painting during his childhood and youth, but showed great enthusiasm for the numerous technical achievements that began to change the world in the middle of the 19th century. This passion was also reflected in his career aspirations. After graduating from high school, he decided to become an engineer and attended the Naval Academy in Lorient. Here, de Neuville not only cultivated contact with other officer cadets, but also came into contact with scientists, philosophers and artists for the first time. The young Alphonse was particularly impressed by the history and portrait painter Francois Edouard Picot, of whom he eventually became a student. Picot maintained contacts with Parisian salons and introduced his student to these circles. This was also how he came into contact with Eugene Delacroix, an important pioneer of Impressionism. In his Parisian studio, de Neuville continued his artistic training and was able to present his first major work, "Episode from the Crimean War", to the Paris public just one year later.
He then began working as a draughtsman for publishing houses and illustrated works by well-known authors such as Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne. His career as an artist was interrupted in 1870/1871 by the Franco-Prussian War, in which he participated as an officer. The war experiences must have had a strong influence on him and from then on determined his preferred subject. In the Paris of the post-war years he quickly advanced to become a highly respected battle painter. He received numerous awards for his work and was first named a knight and later an officer of the Legion of Honor. His patriotic style fitted into the era of moral renewal that France underwent after the lost war, even if modern critics often accuse the artist of glorifying war. His powerful, optimistic paintings are still admired today.
The best known are the two paintings "The Last Cartouches" and "The Cemetery of Saint-Privat", whose great success he owed his admission to the Legion of Honour.
Alphonse de Neuville is one of those painters who were spared the hardships often associated with an artist's life. Only his early death fits the cliché. Despite his sheltered youth, however, de Neuville is not an artist for pacifists; after all, he was born into a warlike period and himself served as an officer in the French army.
The famous battle painter was born in 1836 in Saint-Omer, the son of wealthy landed gentry. The small town is situated on the north-east coast of France, not far from the famous port of Calais. De Neuville received a good school education and was not in the least interested in painting during his childhood and youth, but showed great enthusiasm for the numerous technical achievements that began to change the world in the middle of the 19th century. This passion was also reflected in his career aspirations. After graduating from high school, he decided to become an engineer and attended the Naval Academy in Lorient. Here, de Neuville not only cultivated contact with other officer cadets, but also came into contact with scientists, philosophers and artists for the first time. The young Alphonse was particularly impressed by the history and portrait painter Francois Edouard Picot, of whom he eventually became a student. Picot maintained contacts with Parisian salons and introduced his student to these circles. This was also how he came into contact with Eugene Delacroix, an important pioneer of Impressionism. In his Parisian studio, de Neuville continued his artistic training and was able to present his first major work, "Episode from the Crimean War", to the Paris public just one year later.
He then began working as a draughtsman for publishing houses and illustrated works by well-known authors such as Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne. His career as an artist was interrupted in 1870/1871 by the Franco-Prussian War, in which he participated as an officer. The war experiences must have had a strong influence on him and from then on determined his preferred subject. In the Paris of the post-war years he quickly advanced to become a highly respected battle painter. He received numerous awards for his work and was first named a knight and later an officer of the Legion of Honor. His patriotic style fitted into the era of moral renewal that France underwent after the lost war, even if modern critics often accuse the artist of glorifying war. His powerful, optimistic paintings are still admired today.
The best known are the two paintings "The Last Cartouches" and "The Cemetery of Saint-Privat", whose great success he owed his admission to the Legion of Honour.
.jpg "Episode from the Franco-Prussian War, 1875 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Captain Nemo Climbing a Rock, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Roland at Roncesvalles by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Les Grandeurs du Desespoir - Illustration from Les Misérables by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Crossroads of Chandni Chowk by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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_the_siege_of_Paris_(Painting_-_(MeisterDrucke-951058).jpg "Franco-Prussian war (1870): the siege of Paris by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Episode of the War of 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Death of Jean Valjean between Cosette and Marius (illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century) by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Episode of the War of 1870, Battle of Chenebier, 16th January 1871 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Street in the Old Town, 1873 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Scene from the Franco-Prussian War by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Bivouac at Le Bourget after the Battle of 21st December 1870, 1872 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Nautilus, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Nautilus Passengers, illustration from")
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.jpg "Defence of Longboyau")
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.jpg "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Spider Crab by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Last Cartridge by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "A Resurrection is Almost as Frightening as a Death: Fauchelevent and Jean Valjean - Illustration by Alphonse de Neuville for")
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.jpg "Storming of Tel el Kebir by the Black Watch, Egypt by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Natives of the Nuer Tribe, Upper Nile Valley by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Death of Simon de Montfort at the Siege of Toulouse, 25th June 1218 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Witches and Wolves, Illustration for The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Indians of the state of Boyaca, descending a mountain covered with grass on straw horses, consisting of a bundle of long grass on which one sits to descend the slopes at full speed, by the force of gravity alone, engraving after the drawing by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Defence of Rorke")
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.jpg "The Attack at Dawn by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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 engraved by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-97) 1877 - (MeisterDrucke-160137).jpg "There Before My Eyes Appeared a Ruined City, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-191631).jpg "Illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Gervais Battery at the Siege of Sebastopol by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Hussars by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Bugler of the Light Infantry by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Battle of Tours, AD 732 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-183870).jpg "Illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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_imprisoned_on_th_-_(MeisterDrucke-916353).jpg "Man in the Iron Mask - Representation of the Mask of Iron Imprisoned on the Island of Sainte Marguerite by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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_(Salah_al_Din_Yus_-_(MeisterDrucke-990706).jpg "The Christians of Jerusalem leaving before Saladin (1138-1193) after the capture of the Holy City - engraving by Neuville by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "A Dragon by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "A Surprise Attack, Metz by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Cemetery of Saint-Privat, 18th August 1870, 1881 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "God wants it! : Pierre L")
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_Scene_de_guerre_op_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320744).jpg "Scene from the Franco-Prussian War by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "In the Trenches by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Salute by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Attack on the Lime Kiln at the Champigny Quarry, 2nd December 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Commander")
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.jpg "Town Hall, Ypres by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Cid ordering the execution of Ahmed by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-173773).jpg "Illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Burial of the flag, episode of the Battle of Waterloo, engraved by Jules Claretie by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Burial of the Flag, Episode of the Battle of Waterloo, Engraved by Jules Claretie, 1879 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-40407).jpg "The Last Cartridges at Balan near Sedan by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Norse Boats Besieging Paris, from")
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_(Salah_al-Din_Y_-_(MeisterDrucke-985732).jpg "The Christians of Jerusalem Departing Before Saladin (1138-1193) After the Capture of the City in 1187. Engraving by Neuville 1879 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Chateau of Amboise by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "General questioning a mobile guard supporting an injured officer, December 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The iron mask in his cell of the prison of the island Saint Marguerite - in Histoire de France by Guizot, engraving by De Neuville by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Gabrielle d")
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.jpg "Castle of Chinon, Indre-et-Loire by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Bokke, Wife of Moy, Chief of the Latuka Tribe, South Sudan by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Bulgarian itinerant beggars, including a blind person playing ghuzla (Serbian lute has a rope) that accompanies the recitation of poetry and epic recits, engraved after the drawing of A. De Neuville, illustrating the journey to Bulgaria by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Natives Blacksmiths from the Latuka Tribe by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Battle of Tolbiacum by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Last Sleep of the Brave, Isandlwana, Zulu War by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Entrance into Belfort of the German Commander Bearing the Flag of Truce, 4th November 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Entry of Joan of Arc into Orleans by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Battle of Hastings by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Battle of Bourget, 30 October 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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_-_in_The_H_-_(MeisterDrucke-1000782).jpg "The Four Chiefs of the First Crusade (including Godefroi de Bouillon) - in")
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.jpg "Le Bourget, 30 October 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The town and fortress of Lille by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Sketches of Figures, 1869 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The snake charmers, engraving illustrating a voyage to India by Louis Rousselet, published in")
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.jpg "Paris Besieged by the Normans, AD 885 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "St Louis Administering Justice by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Bridge of Toulouse by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Joguis fakirs, at the Bhopal Fair, are religious beggars who almost bare and their hair spars, walk around shouting and performing a kind of macabre dance, wielding long acere daggers trimmed with steel chainettes, which they sink hallucines into the chest by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Battle of Champigny, 30th November 1870, illustration from")
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.jpg "Diana of Poitiers by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Bivouac at Le Bourget by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "An Incident in the Battle of Villersexel, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The cemeteries take what they are given - Illustration by Alphonse De Neuville for Les Miserables - Second part: Cosette by Victor Hugo 1862 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Illustration of the book “Around the Moon” by Jules Verne, Hetzel edition - Les voyages extraordinaire by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Portrait of Dr. Saffray by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "Marie de Medicis by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "War of 1870: The cemetery of Saint Privas, August 18 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "The Defence of Rorke")
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.jpg "Notre-Dame, Paris by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
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.jpg "La Cahute - Illustration from L")
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