War Artists - French

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During the First World War, the work of artists depicting aspects of the military conflict were put on display in official war art exhibitions. In 1916 the Ministry of Beaux-Arts and the Ministry of War sponsored the Salon des Armées to show the work of the artists who had been mobilized. This one exhibition realized 60,000 francs. The proceeds supported needy artists at home and the disabled.

  • Hippolyte Bellangé
  • Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
  • Edouard Detaille
  • Antoine-Jean Gros
  • Constantin Guys
  • Eugène Louis Lami
  • Louis-François, Baron Lejeune
  • Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
  • Alphonse-Marie de Neuville
  • Paul Philippoteaux
  • Paul Alexandre Protais
  • Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
  • Carle Vernet
  • Horace Vernet
  • Antoine Watteau
  • Adolphe Yvon

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