Bellange, Joseph Louis Hippolyte

Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé, a French battle painter, was born in Paris in 1800. 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 an 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. He died in Paris in 1866. Amongst his works are: •The Entry of the French into Mons. •The Day after the Battle of Jemappes. •The Passage of the Mincio. •The Battle of Fleurus {at Versailles). •A Duel in the Time of Richelieu. •The Battle of Wagram {at Versailles). •The Taking of Teniah de Muzaia {in Salon of 1841, and now at Versailles). •Taking Russian Ambuscades (1857). •Episode of the Taking of the Malakoff (1859). •The Two Friends — Sebastopol, 1855 {exhibited in Salon of 1861, at London in 1862, and at Paris in 1867). •The Soldier''s Farewell {in Leipsic Museum). •The Soldier''s Return {in Leipsic Museum). •The Return of Napoleon from Elba {in Salon of 1864, and Paris Exhibition, 1867). •The Cuirassiers at Waterloo {in Salon of 1865, and Paris Exhibition, 1867). •The Guard dies {in Salon of 1866, and Paris Exhibition, 1867 — his last work).