Alphonse de Neuville is one of those painters who were spared the hardships often associated with an artist's life. Only his early death fits the cliché. Despite his sheltered youth, however, de Neuville is not an artist for pacifists; after all, he was born into a warlike period and himself served as an officer in the French army.
The famous battle painter was born in 1836 in Saint-Omer, the son of wealthy landed gentry. The small town is situated on the north-east coast of France, not far from the famous port of Calais. De Neuville received a good school education and was not in the least interested in painting during his childhood and youth, but showed great enthusiasm for the numerous technical achievements that began to change the world in the middle of the 19th century. This passion was also reflected in his career aspirations. After graduating from high school, he decided to become an engineer and attended the Naval Academy in Lorient. Here, de Neuville not only cultivated contact with other officer cadets, but also came into contact with scientists, philosophers and artists for the first time. The young Alphonse was particularly impressed by the history and portrait painter Francois Edouard Picot, of whom he eventually became a student. Picot maintained contacts with Parisian salons and introduced his student to these circles. This was also how he came into contact with Eugene Delacroix, an important pioneer of Impressionism. In his Parisian studio, de Neuville continued his artistic training and was able to present his first major work, "Episode from the Crimean War", to the Paris public just one year later.
He then began working as a draughtsman for publishing houses and illustrated works by well-known authors such as Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne. His career as an artist was interrupted in 1870/1871 by the Franco-Prussian War, in which he participated as an officer. The war experiences must have had a strong influence on him and from then on determined his preferred subject. In the Paris of the post-war years he quickly advanced to become a highly respected battle painter. He received numerous awards for his work and was first named a knight and later an officer of the Legion of Honor. His patriotic style fitted into the era of moral renewal that France underwent after the lost war, even if modern critics often accuse the artist of glorifying war. His powerful, optimistic paintings are still admired today.
The best known are the two paintings "The Last Cartouches" and "The Cemetery of Saint-Privat", whose great success he owed his admission to the Legion of Honour.
×
Passionate Customer Service
.jpg "Captain Nemo on top of the Nautilus, from")
.jpg)
_engrave_-_(MeisterDrucke-203683).jpg "Illustration from")
_engrave_-_(MeisterDrucke-203683).jpg)
.jpg "Captain Nemo inside the Nautilus submarine, from")
.jpg)
.jpg "Captain Nemo Climbing a Rock, Illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Crossroads of Chandni Chowk by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Episode from the Franco-Prussian War, 1875 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Neuville, the Cemetery of Saint-Privat by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Les Grandeurs du Desespoir - Illustration from Les Misérables by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Hussars by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Roland at Roncesvalles by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Octopus Attacking the Nautilus, illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mirabeau exclaims \"Go tell those who sent you that we are here by the will of the people and that we will only leave by the force of bayonets\" by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Nautilus, illustration from")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643630).jpg "Portrait of Francis I by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643630).jpg)
.jpg "Richard the Lionheart orders the massacre of the Muslims at Saint Jean d")
.jpg)
 late 19th century - (MeisterDrucke-163657).jpg "There Was Not a Reader (Illustration from")
 late 19th century - (MeisterDrucke-163657).jpg)
.jpg "Joan of Arc Injured During the Siege of Orleans by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Death of Jean Valjean between Cosette and Marius (illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century) by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Death of Simon de Montfort at the Siege of Toulouse, 25th June 1218 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of Phileas Fogg, illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Duc de La Rochefoucauld in Conversation with Madame de Sevigne and Madame de La Fayette by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Illustration of the book “Around the Moon” by Jules Verne, Hetzel edition - Les voyages extraordinaire by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Battle of Bourget, 30 October 1870 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Street in the Old Town, 1873 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Henri IV and His Ministers, Theodore Agrippa d")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641691).jpg "The Duke of Burgundy and His Tutor Fenelon by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641691).jpg)
.jpg "Massacre of Saint Bartholomew, the Duke of Guise pushes the corpse of Gaspard de Coligny with his foot by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Nautilus Passengers, illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "Illustration of the")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641734).jpg "Charlemagne in 804 imposes Christian baptism on the Saxons by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641734).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642342).jpg "Rue Quincampoix, where speculators meet, circa 1720 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642342).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643628).jpg "Portrait of King Charles II of Navarre, Called the Bad by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643628).jpg)
.jpg "Entry of Joan of Arc into Orleans by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
 engraved by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-97) Paris Hetzel - (MeisterDrucke-88876).jpg "The Nautilus Passengers, Illustration from")
 engraved by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-97) Paris Hetzel - (MeisterDrucke-88876).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641718).jpg "Eponine de Langres Breastfeeds the Child of Julius Sabinus, in a Cave by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641718).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641708).jpg "Portrait of Pierre Andre de Suffren dit le Bailli de Suffen by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641708).jpg)
.jpg "In the Trenches by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_in_The_H_-_(MeisterDrucke-1000782).jpg "The Four Chiefs of the First Crusade (including Godefroi de Bouillon) - in")
_-_in_The_H_-_(MeisterDrucke-1000782).jpg)
.jpg "Jean de La Fontaine, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Molière and Racine dining in a cabaret by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Maria Theresa of Austria with the future Joseph II in front of the Hungarian Magnates by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "War of 1870-1871: Attack of the Lime Oven at the Platriere de Champigny on December 2 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
 engraved by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-97) Paris Hetzel published 1877 ( - (MeisterDrucke-187906).jpg "Captain Nemo Playing the Organ, Illustration from")
 engraved by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-97) Paris Hetzel published 1877 ( - (MeisterDrucke-187906).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643633).jpg "Portrait of Jacob Van Artevelde by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643633).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641733).jpg "Rollon")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641733).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641739).jpg "The Man in the Iron Mask in prison by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641739).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643629).jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Antoine Duprat by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643629).jpg)
.jpg "Philippa de Hainaut Begs Edward III of England to Spare the Burghers of Calais in 1347 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Clovis in front of the warrior he has just killed after the Soissons vase affront by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643639).jpg "Portrait of Charles II d")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643639).jpg)
.jpg "Edith with Swan")
.jpg)
.jpg "Paris Besieged by the Normans, AD 885 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Death of Arcate Anaverdi Khan at the Battle of Ambour, Carnatic War by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Dupleix meeting the Soudhabar of the Deccan, illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "Massacre of the Waldensians in the Luberon in 1545 by Antoine Escalin des Aimars by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portraits of Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemond of Taranto, Raymond IV of Toulouse and Tancred of Hauteville by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Burial of the Flag, Episode of the Battle of Waterloo, Engraved by Jules Claretie, 1879 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The snake charmers, engraving illustrating a voyage to India by Louis Rousselet, published in")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643622).jpg "Portrait of Gaspard de Coligny by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643622).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643619).jpg "Portrait of Pierre Victor Malouet by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643619).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643638).jpg "Portrait of Guillaume Farel by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643638).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643645).jpg "Portrait of Charles VIII by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643645).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-191631).jpg "Illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
 - (MeisterDrucke-191631).jpg)
.jpg "Joan of Arc Hears the Voices Asking Her to Liberate France at Domremy by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Sciarra Colonna slaps Pope Boniface VIII in Anagni by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642210).jpg "Portrait of Charles IX and Catherine de")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642210).jpg)
.jpg "Jean de La Barre Informs Louis de Berquin of His Release from the Conciergerie by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1633733).jpg "Portrait of Cardinal de Lomenie de Brienne by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1633733).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641728).jpg "Portrait of Philippe de Commynes by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641728).jpg)
.jpg "Bivouac at Le Bourget after the Battle of 21st December 1870, 1872 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "La Cahute - Illustration from L")
.jpg)
.jpg "The iron mask in his cell of the prison of the island Saint Marguerite - in Histoire de France by Guizot, engraving by De Neuville by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Proclamation in Paris of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643650).jpg "Portrait of King John II the Good by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643650).jpg)
.jpg "The Battle of Tours, AD 732 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The cemeteries take what they are given - Illustration by Alphonse De Neuville for Les Miserables - Second part: Cosette by Victor Hugo 1862 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641727).jpg "Richard the Lionheart Leaves the Holy Land in 1192 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641727).jpg)
_Scene_de_guerre_op_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320744).jpg "Scene from the Franco-Prussian War by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_Scene_de_guerre_op_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320744).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641717).jpg "Equestrian Portrait of a Gallic Warrior by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641717).jpg)
.jpg "Charlemagne Presides Over the Palace Academy in the Presence of Alcuin by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Witches and Wolves, Illustration for The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Marquis de Cinq Mars and Francois Auguste de Thou En Route to Their Executions by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Episode of the War of 1870, Battle of Chenebier, 16th January 1871 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Death of Henri de la Tour d")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641750).jpg "The rising of Louis XIV in the presence of courtiers by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641750).jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of Dr. Saffray by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_engrave_-_(MeisterDrucke-152690).jpg "Illustration from")
_engrave_-_(MeisterDrucke-152690).jpg)
.jpg "Hans in 1860, Discovering Hayes")
.jpg)
.jpg "Charge of the French Knights at the Battle of Fornoue by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
.jpg "Death of Moliere by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641802).jpg "Portrait of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641802).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641799).jpg "Ceremony of knighthood by the King of France by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641799).jpg)
.jpg "Defence of Longboyau")
.jpg)
_(Salah_al-Din_Y_-_(MeisterDrucke-985732).jpg "The Christians of Jerusalem Departing Before Saladin (1138-1193) After the Capture of the City in 1187. Engraving by Neuville 1879 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_(Salah_al-Din_Y_-_(MeisterDrucke-985732).jpg)
.jpg "Reading of Paul and Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Madame Necker")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of King Charles VI known as the Beloved with Odette de Champdivers by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-173773).jpg "Illustration from Les Misérables, 19th Century by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
 - (MeisterDrucke-173773).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641693).jpg "Portrait of King Louis XV by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641693).jpg)
.jpg "Vercingetorix Surrendering to Julius Caesar After the Defeat at Alesia in 52 BC by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642336).jpg "Count Eudes defends Paris against the Viking invasion in 885 by Alphonse Marie de Neuville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642336).jpg)
+43 4257 29415
support@meisterdrucke.com
Mo-Do: 7:00 - 16:00 | Fr: 7:00 - 13:00
