Artist
Jean-Adolphe Beaucé
French, 1818–1875
Jean-Adolphe Beaucé was a French Realism painter. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Palace of Versailles, most of them oil paintings. Jean-Adolphe Beaucé was born in former 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Overview
Jean-Adolphe Beaucé (2 August 1818 – 13 July 1875) was a French battle-scene painter. Born in Paris, he followed the French army on campaign from 1843 onwards in North Africa, the Middle East and Mexico. He also painted portraits of military figures and produced illustrations for several works by Alexandre Dumas pere such as The Three Musketeers, The Viscount of Bragelone and The Lady of Monsoreau. He died in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and is buried in the 49th division of the cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris.
Works in public collections
Compiègne, château de Compiègne : General Niel at the Battle of Solférino, marouflage on canvas L'Isle-Adam, musée Louis Senlecq : François Louis de Bourbon Prince de Conty Looking at a Battle Scene, print Narbonne, musée d'art et d'histoire : Captain Lelièvre's Heroic Defence at Mazagran, oil on panel Pau, musée des beaux-arts : Portrait of Marshal Bosquet Troyes, musée Saint-Loup : Napoléon on the Bridge at Arcis-sur-Aube, oil on canvas Versailles, château de Versailles
Dumas
Les Trois mousquetaires, Paris, Lecrivain et Toubon, 1875 Vingt ans après, Paris, Lecrivain et Toubon, 1885 Les Qurantes-cinq, Paris, Calmann Lévy, 154 p. Le Comte de Monte-Christo, Paris, Lecrivain et Toubon, 1860, 159 p. Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, Paris, Marescq, 1875, 479 p. Le Trou de l'enfer, Paris, Marescq et Cie, 1855, 154 p. La Dame de Monsoreau, Paris, Librairie illustrée, 1875, 560 p. Le Chevelier d'Harmental, Paris, Marescq, 1854
Other
Alain-René Lesage, Le Diable boiteux, Paris, G. Havard, 1849 Eugène de Mirecourt, Confessions de Marion Delorme, Paris, V. Bunel, 1876, 840 p. Ann Radcliffe, Les Mystères d'Udolphe, Paris, Marescq et Cie, 1869, 96 p. Eugène Sue, Jean Bart et Louis XIV : drames maritimes du XVIIe siècle, Paris, Marescq et Cie, 1851, 490 p. Eugène Sue, Les Mystères de Paris, Paris, [s.n.], 1851, 384 p. Victor Hugo, Les Burgraves, Paris, J. Hetzel, 48 p. Victor Hugo, Bug-Jargal, Paris, J. Hetzel, 1876 Victor Hugo, Angelo, tyran de Padoue, 1866
Works by Jean-Adolphe Beaucé
Collections represented
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