Félix Philippoteaux

Uprising in front of the Paris City Hall on February 25, 1848

Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (born April 3, 1815 in Paris , † November 9, 1884 ibid) was a French painter .

At the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Philippoteaux became a student of Léon Cogniet and devoted himself to battle painting. He dealt with important battles with French participation and, thanks to his knowledge of history, always tried to represent historical events realistically. In 1833 he made his debut at the Paris Salon . His son Paul Philippoteaux was also a painter.

Félix Philippoteaux died on November 9, 1884 in Paris at the age of 69.

Works (selection)

the withdrawal from Moscow (1835),
the capture of Ypres ,
the siege of Antwerp in 1792 (1838),
Louis XV visits the battlefield of Fontenoy (1840, in the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris),
the battle of Rivoli (1845),
the defeat of the Cimbri (1855),
Attack of the Chasseurs d'Afrique at Balaklava (1859),
the siege of Puebla (1865),
the meeting of Henry IV and Sully after the battle of Ivry in March 1590 (1875),
Bayard on the bridge of Garigliano 1503 and
the battle of Montebello ,
the battle of the Alma (1875),
the panorama of the siege of Paris (1870–71),

personal data
SURNAME	Philippoteaux, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Philippoteaux, Henri Félix Emmanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1884
Place of death	Paris