Hippolyte Bellangé

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Hippolyte Bellangé, born Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé, was a French battle painter and printmaker. He was born on 17 January 1800 in Paris and died on 10 April 1866 in Paris. He is best known for his dramatic war scenes. His art was influenced by the Napoleonic Wars, and as a young artist he produced military drawings in lithography. He studied with the painter Antoine-Jean Gros and, aside from a few portraits, devoted himself almost entirely to battle pictures. In 1824 he won a second-class medal for a historical painting. In 1834 he received the Legion of Honour, and he was made an officer in 1861. He also won a prize at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1855.