Hippolyte-Dominique Berteaux (28 March 1843,

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- 17 October 1926,

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) was a French painter who specialized in murals and portraits.

Biography

He studied painting at the

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, where he worked in the studios of

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, Léon Cogniet and

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. From 1872 to 1875, he was employed as "Painter to the Sultan" in

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. He then moved to

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, where he created portraits,

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scenes and landscapes; with the local dunes being a favorite subject. He also devoted himself to decorative painting. His most notable works of that type are the murals on the ceiling of the

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, and the staircases at the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the . Later, he would decorate a ceiling section at the

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. He exhibited at the , where he obtained a second-class medal in 1885. After that, he would exhibit "out of competition". Beginning in 1901, he sent his works to be shown at the Salon of the

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. In 1891, he was named a Knight in the

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; becoming an Officer in 1923. He is interred at the

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. His works may be seen at the ,

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,« Dunes, île d'Yeu »
@ Musee-orsay.fr the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes.

Selected paintings

Berteaux-Horseman.jpg, Young Horseman,
Old Hunter Berteaux-Madness.jpg, Madness and Childish Games Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne - La jeune pastoure - Hippolyte Berteaux.jpg, The Young Shepherdess Berteaux-Day.jpg, The End of the Day

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More works by Berteaux
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Biography

Selected paintings

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