Lot n° 155
Estimation :
500 - 800
EUR
Result
: NC
Eugène CHAPERON (1857-1938) - Lot 155
Eugène CHAPERON (1857-1938)
Notebook of approximately 30 drawings and sketches on the themes of horse racing, views of military camps, portraits, and miscellaneous.
In cardboard.
Notebook dimensions: 26.5 x 34.5 cm.
(Accidents, wear)
PROVENANCE:
Artist's family by descent.
Two medals are attached:
- A circular silver medal from the Société de l'Amicale et de prévoyance de la Préfecture de Police to Jean CHAPERON (Eugène's son), dated 1932, in a presentation case.
- A circular silver medal from the jury of the 1902 exhibition of the Horticultural Society of Boulogne-sur-Seine for Eugène CHAPERON in a case.
(Wear scratches)
NOTICE
Eugène Chaperon (1857-1938), a history and genre painter and military illustrator, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin-Constant. He followed the academic tradition of the late 19th century, with a marked predilection for battle scenes, particularly those of the French Revolution and Empire, where documentary rigor vies with theatricality. His precise, narrative style follows in the footsteps of artists such as Édouard Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville, major figures in French military painting.
A regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1881 onwards, Chaperon was also called upon for historical illustrations, helping to disseminate a heroic imagery of the national past. Although his work is less well known today, it remains of interest to lovers of military iconography, in a taste similar to that of Lucien Rousselot or Job (Jacques Onfroy de Bréville), but with a more marked desire for historical veracity than popular imagery.
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