Lucien-Pierre Sergent (8 June 1849 – 1904) was a

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academic painter. He was known for his

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Early life

Sergent was born in 1849 at Massy in the

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department.Chavignerie, Emile ''et al.'' (1882). He was known as a student of Vauchelet Pils and Jean-Paul Laurens.

Career

His 1874 painting, ''Le dernier effort à la porte Ballan, fin de la bataille de Sedan 1re septembre 1870'' was purchased by the French government. It was installed at Prytanée National Militaire in the city of

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His 1888 painting ''The Battles of Vicksburg,'' was a 360°

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of the land and naval battles of Vicksburg in 1863 during the

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. The work was completed and first exhibited in

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; and it was subsequently shown in

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and

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before it was installed in

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. "Land and Naval Battles of Vicksburg, Panorama in Asakusa Park, Tokyo,"
c. 1891; retrieved 2011-06-03

Notes

References

* Chavignerie, Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie and Louis Auvray. (1882). ''Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours. Architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes.'' Paris: Renouard
OCLC 4385528
* Karel, David. (1992). ''Dictionnaire des artistes de langue française en Amérique du Nord: peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs, graveurs, photographes et orfèvres.'' Québec: Musée du Québec.
OCLC 27223982
* Montrosier, Eugène. (1881). ''Les peintres militaires : contenant les biographies de MM. de Neuville, Detaille, Berne-Bellecour, Dupray, Jazet, Couturier, Sergent, Chaperon, Protais, Médard et Walker.'' Paris: Librairie artistique, H. Launette
OCLC 123093472

External links

Drawings in the Louvre

Battles of Vicksburg, cyclorama in Tokyo, circa 1891
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