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Title | An Episode in the Franco-Prussian War | |
Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum | |
Artist | Hyon, Georges Louis (French artist, born 1855) | |
Date Earliest | possibly 1870 | |
Date Latest | possibly 1871 | |
Signed | yes | |
Description | Georges Hyon chooses to paint an episode from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which forced France to sign a humiliating armistice with the German Empire in January 1871. This is a scene of tension, and dramatic movement encapsulated in the skirmish between French and German cavalry scouts. Hyon exhibited only military subjects at the Paris Salon from 1875 to 1880, when military scenes were popular. The painting resembles in subject and composition Hyon's Cavalry in Action (private collection). | |
Current Accession Number | 1495 | |
Inscription | front lr 'G. HYON' | |
Subject | military and war | |
Measurements | 92.4 x 114.4 cm cm (estimate) | |
Material | oil on canvas | |
Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Major John Garroway 1920. | |
Provenance | James Garroway; Margaret Helen Garroway. | |
Principal Exhibitions | Exhibition of Narrative Paintings, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, 1940, cat. no. 155; The Birth of Impressionism from Constable to Monet, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 1997. | |
Publications | Catalogue of French Paintings, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1953, p. 67; French Paintings and Drawings Illustrated Summary Catalogue, Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 1985, p. 76; French School Catalogue, vol. 2 (Illustrations), Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, 1967, p. 119; Glasgow Art Galleries, Catalogue of Pictures, 1935, p. 157. | |
Rights Owner | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) | |
Author | Dr Georgia Toutziari |
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