Hippolyte Bellangé

Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé was a French battle painter and printmaker. His art was influenced by the wars of the first Napoleon, and while a youth, he produced several military drawings in lithography. He afterwards pursued his systematic studies under Gros, and with the exception of some portraits, devoted himself exclusively to battle-pieces. In 1824, he received a second class medal for a historical picture, and in 1834 the decoration of the Legion of Honour, of which Order he was made an officer in 1861. He also gained a prize at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855.

Selected works

Battle Scene
The Entry of the French into Mons.
The Day after the Battle of Jemappes.
The Passage of the Mincio.
The Battle of Fleurus.
A Duel in the Time of Richelieu.
The Battle of Wagram.
The Taking of Teniah de Muzaia.
Taking Russian Ambuscades.
Episode of the Taking of the Malakoff.
The Two Friends — Sebastopol, 1855.
The Soldier's Farewell.
Military Review Under the Empire
The Soldier's Return.
The Return of Napoleon from Elba.
The Cuirassiers at Waterloo.
The Guard dies.