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        <h1 class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863)</h1>
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      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img border="0" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/vernet/Vernet_StormyCoastAFterAShipwreck.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Stormy Coast After a Shipwreck</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet came from a long line of distinguished painters, and was born in his family’s apartments in the Louvre. His Grandfather was the marine painter, Claude-Joseph Vernet, and his Father was Carle Vernet, who specialised in historical and biblical scenes. He received his artistic training at home, and this was supplemented by extra tuition from Francois Vincent. </p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img border="0" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/vernet/Vernet_TheLionHunt.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Lion Hunt</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Throughout his artistic career, Vernet was to cover a wide range of subjects, including Oriental genre scenes, battle scenes and scenes from the bible, and literature. He also made illustrations for books, and journals. He was a prolific traveler, and he made his first trip to Algeria in 1833, with the French army. He was to return there on numerous occasions, and used these trips as inspiration for his Oriental paintings. He was particularly interested in the similarity of Arab costumes, and those worn in biblical times.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">In his painting, ‘The First Mass in Kablyia’, he depicts the mass celebrated in the Kablyia mountain range, in June 1854, to mark the anniversary of the French landing in Algeria, and the submission of the native tribes. In this painting we see Catholic priests on an altar celebrating mass, with Oriental soldiers in the foreground kneeling on the ground. In fact, Vernet participated in this mass, and helped construct the altar. Throughout his whole career he was to have an interest in Oriental scenes, and the Wallace Collection in London has an enormous number of his paintings in this style, including, ‘Arabs Traveling in the Desert’, and ‘Arab Tale Teller’.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img border="0" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/vernet/Vernet_ArabsTravelingInTheDesert.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Arabs Traveling in the Desert</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img border="0" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/vernet/Vernet_TheArabTaleTeller.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Arab Tale Teller</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">He was also well known for his battle scenes, and many of these were bought by the Duc d’Orleans for the Palais Royale. A particularly well known battle scene of his is, ‘The Battle of Somah’, which commemorates the actions of General Charngarnier at the Battle of Somah. This battle was one of the most important battles of the French colonial wars in Northern Africa. The painting shows General Charngarnier rising above the surrounding carnage, calm in the face of impending death. The painting was commissioned by the General Charngarnier’s native town of Autun.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">He used these paintings of battle scenes to allow him to portray Oriental costumes, and weapons, in which he had a great interest. The great Oriental painter, Eugene Delacroix was also an admirer of his work, and often made reference to Vernet’s remarkable ease of composition.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img border="0" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/vernet/Vernet_TheStartOfTheRaceOfTheRiderlessHorse.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horse</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">He received notoriety in 1822, when a number of his paintings were apparently rejected by the Salon due to his anti-Bourbon sentiments. Whether this is true or not is debatable, as he went on to receive a number of honours from the restored Bourbon Monarchy, including the Directorship of the French Academy in Rome, which he retained until 1834.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">He was also commissioned by King Louis Philippe, to help with the decoration of the Galleries des Batailles in Versailles. This was one of the most grandiose projects that Vernet ever undertook.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Together with his nephew, Frederic Goupil-Fesquet, he was one of the first Oriental travelers to make use of the daguerreotype, and in November 1839, he recorded views of Alexandria, Cairo and Jerusalem, only some months after the process had been made public.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Paintings by Vernet can be seen in the Wallace Collection in London, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, to name just a few.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img border="0" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/vernet/Vernet_PortraitOFAnArab.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Portrait of an Arab</div>
      
      
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