Description: Leather. 4to. A. Lahure, Paris, 1898. 172 pgs. Illustrated with 24 leaves of tissue-guarded collotype plates and 236 in-text illustrations, primarily black and white, with some of them sepia or red. Unumbered copy of the limited edition and signed by Édouard Detaille on the limitation page. Bound in 1/2 maroon leather with matching marble paper covered boards and raised bands with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Small bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Foxing present. Notes present to the table of contents. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A study of the work of French artist Edouard Detaille (1848-1912), who was the official painter of the battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and became renowned for his paintings of soldiers, military life and manoeuvres, and uniforms. Chapters: Preface, Les Debuts, La Guerre de 1870-1871, La Nouvelle Armee, Les Armées Étrangères, A Travers L'Histoire de l'Armée Française, Pages Humoristiques. Signed Leather 1898 Edouard Detaille French Military Art Franco Prussian War Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is Detaille by Marius Vachon Leather. 4to. A. Lahure, Paris, 1898. 172 pgs. Illustrated with 24 leaves of tissue-guarded collotype plates and 236 in-text illustrations, primarily black and white, with some of them sepia or red. Unumbered copy of the limited edition and signed by Édouard Detaille on the limitation page. Bound in 1/2 maroon leather with matching marble paper covered boards and raised bands with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Small bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Foxing present. Notes present to the table of contents. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A study of the work of French artist Edouard Detaille (1848-1912), who was the official painter of the battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and became renowned for his paintings of soldiers, military life and manoeuvres, and uniforms. Chapters: Preface, Les Debuts, La Guerre de 1870-1871, La Nouvelle Armee, Les Armées Étrangères, A Travers L'Histoire de l'Armée Française, Pages Humoristiques. FROM WIKIPEDIA: Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille (Paris 5 October 1848 – 23 December 1912 Paris) was a French academic painter and military artist noted for his precision and realistic detail. He was regarded as the "semi-official artist of the French army". Detaille enlisted in the 8th Mobile Bataillon of the French Army when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870; by November he was seeing and experiencing the realities of war. This experience allowed him to produce his famed portraits of soldiers and historically accurate depictions of military manoeuvres, uniforms, and military life in general. He eventually became the official painter of the battles. He published a book called L'Armée Française in 1885, which contains over 300 line drawings and 20 color reproductions of his works. In 1912, Detaille created new uniforms for the French army. They were never adopted by the Minister of War, but the blue-gray greatcoats would influence later French World War I uniforms, and the Adrian helmet was heavily influenced by his designs. During his life, he had amassed an impressive collection of military uniforms and artifacts and bequeathed to the Musée de l'Armée in Paris following his death. Marius Vachon began a career as a journalist when he entered La France , a nationalist newspaper in 1872 run by Émile de Girardin : he would end up secretary general. Towards the end of the 1870s, he began to publish works on French monuments destroyed during the Franco-Prussian War . In 1882, with L'Ancien Hôtel de ville de Paris , he began a series of studies on Renaissance architecture. Vachon is also the author of several books on art schools and artists in Europe (and especially in France). Among his many essays, we note his interest in the place of women in painting and the decorative arts: with La Femme dans l'art , published in 1893, he emphasized the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors founded in 1881 and places it in a larger historical framework. A year earlier, he worked on the exhibition The Arts of Women : he then engaged in a controversy as to the mission of the Union of Decorative Arts which had mounted the exhibition. Vachon's arguments target the mercantilist excesses of the association: he regrets that the Union is losing sight of its educational and museum mission to the benefit of wealthy private collectors. He is also known to be behind “the birth of the Museum of Art and Industry (1889)”, of which he was appointed curator on May 3, 1890 . OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. We understand that you have more choices than ever to buy books, so we strive to provide the best service, accurate descriptions, the cheapest shipping and the best customer service in the realm of bookselling. Thank you for visiting this listing and we hope to see you again soon! 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Author: Marius Vachon
Binding: Leather
Character Family: Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Illustrator: Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Language: French
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Paris
Publisher: A. Lahure
Region: Europe
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille, French Academic Painter, Semi-official Artist Of The French Army, Franco-Prussian War, Art of the Franco-Prussian War
Subject: Military & War
Topic: French Military Art
Year Printed: 1898
