Théophile Poilpot

Théophile Poilpot
Théophile Poilpot
	Théophile Poilpot
Born	March 20, 1848; Paris
Died	February 6, 1915 (aged 66); Paris
Nationality	French
Education	Gustave Boulanger; Jean-Léon Gérôme;
Known for	Painter
Movement	Realism
Awards	Legion of Honour – Commandeur; Order of St. Anna;

Théophile Poilpot (20 March 1848, Paris – 6 February 1915, Paris), also known as Théophile-François-Henri Poilpot, was a French panorama painter.

Biography

He was born and lived all his life in Paris. He was a student of Gustave Boulanger and Jean-Léon Gérôme at École des Beaux-Arts. Theophile Francois Henri Poilpot, the noted military painter and a Commandeur of the Legion of Honour since 1913. His paintings are prime examples of academic art of the time, particularly history painting. Poilpot saw service in the Franco-Prussian War as a Sergeant of the First Volunteer Regiment of the Seine and in 1874 was retired as an officer of the reserves. He was a former Mayor of Noisy-le-Grand (1887–1892) and had been an Alderman and a Cantonal Delegate. Among the societies to which he belonged were the Society of French Artists; the Committee of the Association of Artists, Painters, Sculptors, Architects, and Engravers; the Artistic and Literary Association and the Military Circle of the Friends of the Louvre.

Painting career

Theophile Poilpot did not confine himself to French subjects, and several of his best known paintings are owned in the US, among which are ‘‘Bull Run’’, in Washington, D.C., and the ‘‘Merrimac and Monitor’’. Others of his pictures, are the ‘‘Battle of Jena’’, now in Paris, the ‘‘Crowning of Emperor Alexander III’’, in Moscow, the panorama of the ‘‘Battle of Balaklava’’, now in London, the ‘‘Transatlantic Panorama’’, which was shown at the Universal Exposition in 1889, the ‘‘Algerian Panorama’’, shown at the Paris. Exposition of 1900, and the famous ‘‘Panorama of the Revolution and the Empire’’, now in Paris.

Awards and honors

Theophile Poilpot had received many honors and decorations, among them being the Military Medal and the appointment as a Chevalier of the Order of St. Anna of Russia.

Family

He was the son of the late Theophile Poilpot, himself a famous painter.

Works

Dioramas

Battle of Nights (1894)
The Paris of the century in 1892

Posters

Paris , National Library of France :

Illustrations

Reichshoffen's Cuirassiers , historical record by Gustave Toudouze, illustrations by Th. Poilpot, Jacob and Paty.

Exhibitions

Salon of 1874 : A terrible Child 8
Salon of 1875 : The Tarabouk, memory of Algiers 9
Salon of 1876 : The Gallo-Roman Sender and Sleigh 10
Salon of 1877 : Death of Diogenes 11
Salon of 1878 : The Prey 12
Universal Exhibition of 1889
Universal Exhibition of 1900

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