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Jean-Charles Langlois (; 22 July 1789 â 1870), known as The Colonel, was a French
Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the
File:Le général Maison reçoit la reddition de Chùteau de Morée en 1828.jpg, ''Le Général Maison reçoit la reddition de Chùteau de Morée'', 1836
File:Entrevue du général Maison et d'Ibrahim Pacha, à Navarin, septembre 1828.jpg, ''Entrevue du général Maison et d'Ibrahim Pacha, à Navarin'', 1837
File:Bataille de Montereau, 18 février 1814.jpg, ''Battle of Montereau'', 1840
soldier
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Etymology
The wo ...
, painter
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and photographer.
Biography
Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the Ăcole Polytechnique
(, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande Ă©cole'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...
in 1806 and fought, as an infantry officer at the battles of Wagram, Gerona and Waterloo
Waterloo most commonly refers to:
* Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces
* Waterloo, Belgium
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Australia
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with a bravery that had him seriously injured and appointed colonel at the young age of twenty-six.
After he retired on half-pay, Langlois devoted himself to painting. Studying with Girodet-Trioson, he specialized in landscapes, painting battles only, for he considered these to embody the most intense experiences life could offer. His paintings include the '' Fire of Moscow'', the ''Battle of Eylau
The Battle of Eylau (also known as the Battle of Preussisch-Eylau) was a bloody and strategically inconclusive battle on 7 and 8 February 1807 between Napoleon's and the Imperial Russian Army under the command of General Levin August von Be ...
'', the ''Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; ) was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Abu Qir Bay, Aboukir Bay in Ottoman Egypt, Egypt between 1â3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean ca ...
'', the ''Battle of Montereau
The Battle of Montereau (18 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon and a corps of Austrians and WĂŒrttembergers commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William of ...
'', the ''Battle of Borodino
The Battle of Borodino ( ) or Battle of Moscow (), in popular literature also known as the Battle of the Generals, took place on the outskirts of Moscow near the village of Borodino on 7 September 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. ...
'', the ''Battle of Wagram
The Battle of Wagram (; 5â6 July 1809) was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor of the French, Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian Empire, Austrian arm ...
''. He also used photography
Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...
to document the Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720â1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...
where he traveled with photographer Léon-EugÚne Méhédin. He specialized in panoramic painting
Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, Panorama, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event. They became especially popular in the 19th century in Europe and the Un ...
after having seen the ''Panorama of Athens'' by the first French panorama painter Pierre Prévost. Many of his panorama
A panorama (formed from Greek language, Greek Ï៶Μ "all" + áœ
ÏαΌα "view") is any Obtuse angle, wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography (panoramic photography), film, seismic image ...
s were destroyed during the Siege of Paris (1870â1871)
The siege of Paris took place from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871 and ended in the capture of the city by forces of the various states of the North German Confederation, led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The siege was the culmination of the F ...
.
In 1873, Langlois' family bequeathed 256 paintings representing battles and military panoramas to the musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is a fine arts museum in the French city of Caen, founded at the start of the 19th century and rebuilt in 1971 within the chùteau de Caen, ducal chùteau.
History
Opening
On September 1, 1801, the Minister o ...
.RĂ©my Desquesnes, ''Caen 1900-2000 : un siĂšcle de vie'', FĂ©camp, Ăditions des Falaises, 2001. These paintings were transferred in 1888 to the Pavillon des sociĂ©tĂ©s savantes, an 18th-century building spruced up at his niece's expense to house the Langlois museum.
Half of the works exhibited there were destroyed in 1944 during the Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) was a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the Battle of Normandy. Caen is about inland f ...
. François-Ămile de Lansac
François-Ămile de Lansac (1 October 1803 â 1 April 1890) was a French painter.
Life
Lansac was descended of a family from BĂ©arn, son of Arnaud de Lansac and Charlotte Ămilie Coutures. He was born in Tulle (CorrĂšze), where his father, an ...
was his pupil.
Gallery
Publications
* ''Explication du panorama et relation de la bataille de Solferino'', Paris, Dupont, 1866. * ''Explication du panorama reprĂ©sentant la bataille et la prise de SĂ©bastopol'', Paris, Havard, 1861. * ''Explication du panorama, et relation de la Bataille des pyramides: extraite en partie des dictĂ©es de l'empereur Ă Sainte-HĂ©lĂšne, et des piĂšces officielles'', Paris, Didot, 1853. * ''Relation du combat et de la bataille d'Eylau'', Paris, Panorama des Champs-ĂlysĂ©es, 1844. * ''La Photographie, la peinture, la guerre: correspondance inĂ©dite de CrimĂ©e (1855-1856)'', Ăd. François Robichon, AndrĂ© RouillĂ©, NĂźmes, Chambon, 1992. * ''Panorama de la bataille de la Moskowa'', Paris, Ducessois, 1835. * ''Voyage pittoresque & militaire en Espagne: dĂ©diĂ© Ă S.E. Mr. le Mal. Gouvion St. Cyr, pair de France'', Paris, Engelmann, 1826â1830.See also
*List of Orientalist artists
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* Orientalism
In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle ...
References
* ''Jean-Charles Langlois, 1789â1870: le Spectacle de l'histoire'', Paris; Caen, Somogy; MusĂ©e des beaux-arts de Caen, 2005. * ''Jean-Charles Langlois, Photographe normand et le panorama de la bataille de Solferino'', HĂ©rouville Saint-Clair, ARDI; Caen, Archives dĂ©partementales du Calvados, 2000. *Maxime Du Camp
Maxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 â 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer.
Biography
Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon. After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to ...
, "à travers l'Orient", ''Souvenirs littéraires'', 1882.
* Claudette Derozier, ''La Campagne d'Espagne, lithographies de Bacler d'Albe et Langlois'', Paris, les Belles lettres, 1970.
* François Robichon, ''Le Colonel Langlois 1789-1870: un peintre de l'épopée napoléonienne: collections du Musée Langlois, Caen'', Paris, Bernard Giovanangeli, 2000.
* John Zarobell, "Jean-Charles Langlois's Panorama of Algiers (1833) and the prospective colonial landscape", ''Art history'', Oxford 26 (5) November 2003, p. 638â68, 785.
Notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Langlois, Jean-Charles 1789 births 1870 deaths 19th-century French military personnel 19th-century French painters French male painters French Orientalist painters 19th-century French photographers People from Calvados (department) Painters from Normandy 19th-century French male artists