12 Works, January 1st. is Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq's day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #258

Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq  (1826–1895)

General Faidherbe in combat at Biefviller-lès-Bapaume, January 3, 1871, c. 1883

Oil on canvas

Town Hall, Bapaume , Pas-de-Calais, France

After the defeat of Napoleon III and his French Imperial Army by the Prussian Army in the summer of 1870, colonial officers such as Faidherbe were recalled to France and promoted to higher ranks to command new units and replace generals killed or captured in the war. Faidherbe was promoted to divisional general in November 1870, and in December appointed as commander-in-chief of the Army of the North by the Government of National Defence.

Faidherbe quickly proved himself to be the most able of the generals fighting Prussian forces in the French provinces, and won several small victories against the Prussian First Army. Despite his military skills, Faidherbe was never able to form an army strong enough to seriously worry the Prussians, as his army, composed of raw recruits, suffered immense supply difficulties and low morale in the freezing winter of 1870–1871. The Army of the North performed remarkably well by striking isolated enemy forces and then retreating behind the belt of fortresses around Pas-de-Calais. Ultimately, however, Faidherbe was ordered by Minister of War Leon Gambetta to attack the Prussians – Faidherbe rushed into an open battle at St Quentin and his army was destroyed. More on General Faidherbe

Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq (1 January 1826, in Paris – 6 March 1895, in Paris) was a French painter and illustrator who specialized in military subjects.

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq

Dinner Scene

Oil on board

8 x 12 in

Private collection

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq

Your Brother is Sleeping

Oil on canvas

35" x 29 ¾"

Private collection

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (français, 1826 - 1895)

Scène pastorale

Oil on Canvas

220 x 189 cm. (86.6 x 74.4 in.)

Private collection

His father, Gabriel Armand, was also a painter. He began his art studies with Thomas Couture and was originally a watercolorist as well as a painter. He concentrated on religious themes before becoming interested in military art. In 1858, he was legally authorized to add his mother's maiden name to his, becoming Armand-Dumaresq.

Armand Dumaresq

NAPOLEON'S SLEEP

Oil on canvas

H. 27.5 cm, W. 35.5 cm

Private collection

Renowned for sleeping only a few hours a day, the Emperor is represented here at a rare moment in his hectic military life, far from the tumult of wars and battles. In country clothes, Napoleon is dozing on a chair, his feet resting on a stool near a large smoking fireplace. This intimate scene gives a surprising vision of the illustrious man, probably after a battle, far from the splendor and luxury of the imperial palaces. More on this painting

Attributed to Edouard Armand-Dumaresq Paris, 1826 - 1895

Zouave, a gun in his hand

Oil on canvas

h: 33 w: 26.50 cm

Private collection

The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa, as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them. The zouaves, along with the indigenous Tirailleurs Algeriens, were among the most decorated units of the French Army. More on the Zouaves 

The artist accompanied the French troops to Algeria and designed French uniforms for the archives of the Ministry of War. 

Armand Dumaresq

Cambronne à Waterloo, c. 1867

Oil on canvas

2.50m x 1.50m

I have no further description, at this time

Pierre Cambronne was a French general of Napoleon Bonaparte who commanded the Imperial Guard during the Battle of Waterloo. "The guard dies and does not surrender," he is said to have replied when urged by the British to surrender.

After the war, Pierre Cambronne had to answer to a French court because of the surrender in Waterloo. His clever lawyer Pierre-Antoine Berryer avoided a lengthy prison sentence. Cambronne was released in April 1816 and married Mary Osburn, the Scottish nurse who had cared for him after the Battle of Waterloo. Louis XVIII appointed him commander in Lille. He retired in 1823. Pierre Cambronne died in Nantes in 1842. More on this painting

He was a member of the jury at the painting exhibition of the Exposition Universelle (1867). Shortly after, he exhibited his monumental tableau Cambronne at Waterloo, for which Napoléon III awarded him the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Later, the painting was purchased by Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt.

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (French, 1826--1895)

Skirmish at Bender, c. 1877

painting on canvas

172 x 231 cm. (67.7 x 90.9 in.)

Private collection

After the Swedish defeat at the Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 and the surrender of most of the Swedish army at Perevolochna three days later, Charles XII of Sweden fled together with a few hundred Swedish soldiers and a large number of Cossacks to the Ottoman Empire, where they spent a total of five years.

On 1 February, the Ottoman force attacked the camp. Together with some 40 soldiers, Charles XII stood against many hundreds of Turks. During parts of the fighting, Charles was also actively sniping with a carbine against the assaulting enemy from a window in his sleeping quarters, positioned in the building where the Swedes had taken up their defense. The fighting lasted for over seven hours and the Ottomans eventually used both artillery and fire arrows. The fire arrows set the building's roof on fire and forced the defenders to abandon it, the fighting then came to an abrupt end when the king tripped on his own spurs while exiting the burning house. He was assaulted by scores of Ottoman soldiers who managed to capture him and the remaining fighters. More on the Skirmish at Bender

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq

French soldiers on the battlefield, c. 1860

Oil on panel

24 x 32.5 cm

Private collection

In 1870, the Ministry of National Education dispatched him on a mission to the United States to study various methods of teaching drawing for industrial applications. He had recently completed a similar study in the Netherlands. During his investigations, he interacted with the art community in the eastern part of the country, as well as making contacts at West Point and the United States Naval Academy. He concluded that the superiority of French methods was recognized there; citing the employment of several French citizens in the engraving and printing department of the United States Treasury. He painted and sketched very little during his trip, but created numerous American-themed works upon his return.

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (French, 1826–1895)

The execution of Mariéchal Ney

Oil on canvas

76.2 x 127 cm. (30 x 50 in.)

Private collection

Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. Napoleon characterized him as le Brave des Braves (the Bravest of the Brave), a real paladin in the field, a braggart without judgment and decision in the workroom and after all is said, a Don Quixote.

When Napoleon was defeated, dethroned, and exiled for the second time in the summer of 1815, Ney was arrested on 3 August 1815. Ney was condemned, and on 7 December 1815 he was executed by firing squad in Paris near the Luxembourg Gardens. He refused to wear a blindfold and was allowed the right to give the order to fire, reportedly saying:

"Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!" More on Mariéchal Ney

Towards the end of his career, he worked with the Belgian painter, Louis Van Engelen (1856-1940), to create a panorama of the Battle of Bapaume from the Franco-Prussian War; now preserved in the Town hall of Bapaume.

Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq (1826-1895)

The Signing of the First Geneva Convention

Oil on canvas

Participating countries Grand Duchy of Baden (now Germany) -Kingdom of Belgium -Kingdom of Denmark -French Empire -Grand Duchy of Hesse (now Germany) -Kingdom of Italy -Kingdom of the Netherlands -Kingdom of Portugal -Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) -Kingdom of Spain -Swiss Confederation -Kingdom of Württemberg (now Germany)

The First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, held on 22 August 1864, is the first of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It defines "the basis on which rest the rules of international law for the protection of the victims of armed conflicts." After the first treaty was adopted in 1864, it was significantly revised and replaced in 1906, 1929, and finally 1949. It is inextricably linked to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is both the instigator for the inception and enforcer of the articles in these conventions. More on the Signing of the First Geneva Convention

Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq (1826-1895)

Signing of Declaration of Independence, circa 1873

Oil on canvas

Height: 74.9 cm (29.4 in); Width: 120.6 cm (47.4 in)

White House Cabinet Room

This painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 is by artist Charles-Edouard Armand-Dumaresq. Also in the White House Collection is a sketch that may be a draft by the artist for this work. The painting depicts the delegates actively debating and voting on the Declaration. Armand-Dumaresq was a French painter who visited the United States in the 1870s. More on this painting

His works may be seen at the Château de Versailles, the print collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and in the "Musée national de la coopération franco-américaine" at the Château de Blérancourt. One of his works, The Signing of the Declaration of Independence, is on display in the Cabinet Room at the White House. It was donated by Sam Salz during the Kennedy Administration. A copy is kept at the Clinton Presidential Center. Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq

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