Artist
Ernest Meissonier
France
Ernest Meissonier is a France Academic Art artist. 38 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon and his military sieges and manoeuvres in paintings acclaimed both for the artist's mastery of fine detail and his assiduous craftsmanship. The English art critic John Ruskin examined his work at length under a magnifying glass, "marvelling at Meissonier's manual dexterity and eye for fascinating minutiae." Meissonier enjoyed great success in his lifetime, becoming, with Gérôme and Cabanel, one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."
Works by Ernest Meissonier
1807, Friedland
A General and His Aide-de-camp
The Card Players
Soldier Playing the Theorbo
Josefa Manzanedo e Intentas de Mitjans, Second Marchioness of Manzanedo
Bridge at Poissy (Pêcheurs à ligne)
A Painter
On a Terrace
The Defense of Paris
Alexandre Dumas son
Young Man with a Book
Musketeer
The Out-Post
Two Soldiers
Cavalry Man
A Guard
The Bibliophile
A Song
Man in a Red Cloak
Group of Cavalry in the Snow: Moreau and Dessoles before Hohenlinden
A Gentleman of the Reign of Louis XIII
1814
An Abbé
The Portrait of a Sergeant
38 works in the catalog · 24 shown
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