Horace Vernet

Horace Vernet was a prolific French painter who captured battles, portraits, and Orientalist scenes with remarkable speed and historical accuracy.

ABOUT

Born in the Louvre in 1789 during the French Revolution, Émile Jean-Horace Vernet came from a family of painters, including his father Carle Vernet and grandfather Claude-Joseph Vernet. From an early age, Horace rejected the rigid Classicism of academic French art, choosing instead to depict subjects from contemporary life. He began his career by portraying French soldiers in a more realistic, less idealized manner, as seen in early works like "The Taking of an Entrenched Ca…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Arab on Horseback 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art The Farewells 1809 · Cleveland Museum of Art Marauders (Maraudeurs. Petits! Petits! Petits!) 1809 · Cleveland Museum of Art View of a Seaport 1809 · Cleveland Museum of Art Fragment of Copperplate Printed Cotton with Hunting Scene Design 1810 · Cleveland Museum of Art The Man-Servant of Limier Rising from Bed 1813 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Carle VernetNeoclassicism/Romanticism Claude-Joseph VernetRococo/Neoclassicism