Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager (1814–1879) was a French painter, noted for his marine scenes and Orientalist works.

Life and career

Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager was born at Dol in

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in 1814. He studied under Gudin and Eugène Isabey. He was a naval officer who rose to the rank of captain. In 1840, he accompanied the fleet which repatriated

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's remains from

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, and the island afforded him subjects for various paintings. He spent much of his time travelling: He went to

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with the squadron,

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in 1841–42 aboard a French warship, and explored Uruguay and Brazil; he accompanied the expeditions to

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s and

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, and to Madagascar. He painted views of the places he visited, and also naval combats and sea-pieces. In the 1850s, Durand-Brager was in the

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during the war with Russia, where he turned his hand to photography as well as painting. He was one of about fifteen photographers, including

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and James Robertson, who photographed soldiers, barracks, camp life and battlefields and were the first to record a major war on film. Later, he returned to Constantinople where he made photographs of the landscape, monuments and the people. He was a versatile painter, producing naval scenes, genre works, ''

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'' works, landscapes''A Guide to the Art of Latin America'', 1948, p. 319 and works with Orientalist themes. There are several of his works in the galleries of Versailles. Durand-Brager died in 1879. File:American Sidewheeler De Ruyter to the Rescue, by Jean Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager.jpg, ''The American

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'', 1864 File:Le Magenta, Durand-Brager.jpg, ''The

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'', now in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durand-Brager, Jean Baptiste Henri 1814 births 1879 deaths People from Dol-de-Bretagne 19th-century French painters French male painters French marine artists French Orientalist painters 19th-century French male artists

Life and career

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