1880s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) A soldier and riders, 1881 Signed, dated and dedicated "à Monsieur de Themines, bien cordialement Edouard Detaille Juillet 1881" 15.3 x 300 cm Pen and i...

Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) Two drawings : - General writing using his hat as a writing desk and Hussar covered with laurels announcing the victory of Rivoli. annotated by the hand...

In this study, which evokes one of his stays in southern Algeria, Gustave Guillaumet depicts a camel loaded with a large palanquin seen from behind....

Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) Study of a horse 12.7 x 12.7 cm Pencil on paper Stamp of Detaille's estate lower right In a modern frame : 27 x 27 cm This is a particularly interesting and original study because in this work the artist has endeavoured to draw the head of a horse from the rear viewpoint, that of the rider. This is a drawing that the artist used to prepare his finished works; we see him at work here and we can better perceive his method of using studies taken on the spot to be as close as possible to reality. We really have the feeling of being close to this horse chosen by the artist as a model. 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. Detaille grew up in a prosperous military family in Picardy; his grandfather had been an arms supplier for Napoleon. An amateur artist who was friends with a number of collectors and painters, including Horace Vernet, Detaille's father encouraged his son's artistic endeavors. He began his artistic studies at age seventeen under the famous military painter Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier; he had originally approached him to ask for an introduction to the renowned Alexandre Cabanel but Meissonier decided to teach Detaille himself. Meissonier became a major influence on his style, and it was he who inculcated an appreciation for accuracy and precision in Detaille. Detaille made his debut as an artist at the Salon—the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts—of 1867 with a painting of Meissonier's studio. At the Salon of 1868, he exhibited his first military painting...

'A Frosty Morning' landscape with sheep in snow is by British 19th century artist John Crane. Crane signed his painting lower right and added the date '...

Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900) A Farm courtyard, Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 21.5 x 32 cm In good condition, some foxings, mainly in the upper left part as visible on the ph...