Charles BRUN 1825-1908 Uniforme de trompette Major du 15e Chasseurs, drawing, Napoleon, Empire

Charles Guillaume BRUN
Montpellier, 1825 - Paris, 1908
Uniform of the Trumpet Major of the 15th Chasseurs (late Empire)
Drawing, watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
Estate stamp
Drawing: 25 x 32 cm
Sold loose, unframed
Very good condition
Circa 1900
Preserved in a drawing box, the paper is well preserved and the colors vivid.
On the back, an inscription in pencil: "15e ch. à cheval Trompette Major vers 1814-1815 Coll. Vanson tenue protée par un vieux de la vieille et dessinée par le Gl Vanson en mai 1813. Colonne Vendôme / The collar is orange / The facing is the color of the background".

In 1847, Charles Brun enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868) and Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). His participation in the Salon began in 1851 with genre subjects (Jeune fille faisant sa prière du matin), but by 1853, he was regularly sending Orientalist scenes, set in Algeria (La Prière in 1859, Rendez-vous à Constantine in 1861, Femme Mauresque in 1867), of great architectural rigor, animated by sharp contrasts in lighting effects and showing a fine sensitivity in the modulations of gray. In addition to his many Algerian landscapes, he also made a name for himself as a military portraitist, painting uniforms with precision, and naturally became an official painter at the Ministry of War, where he collaborated with Alexandre Cabanel. He also decorated churches, including the one in Villemomble (Martyre de saint Laurent, 1857). Brun became a member of the Artistes Français in 1883.

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