Antoine Charles Horace Vernet

Antoine Charles Horace Vernet

Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (14 August 1758–17 November 1835) was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet, and the father of Horace Vernet.

Born in Bordeaux, Vernet was a pupil of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the "grand prix" (1782), his father had to recall him to France to prevent him from entering a monastery.

In his "Triumph of Paulus Aemilius", he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular.

Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. When he again began to produce, his style had changed radically. His drawings of Napoleon's Italian campaign won acclaim as did the "Battle of Marengo", and for his "Morning of Austerlitz" Napoleon awarded him the Legion of Honour. Louis XVIII of France awarded him the Order of Saint Michael.

He died in Paris.

ee also

*Les Neuf Sœurs

References

*1911


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