Pierre Carrier-Belleuse

He received his first artistic training from his father, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, establishing a strong foundation within a family of artists.¹

In 1881, he created the Panorama de Notre-Dame de Lourdes, an important early large-scale project that preceded his massive war panorama.¹

After debuting at the Salon of 1875, he won a silver medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, marking his recognition as a leading artist of his time.¹

The Panthéon de la Guerre featured nearly 5,000 portraits of notable figures, most sketched from life, serving as a grand project to document contemporary history.¹

Between 1914 and 1916, he supervised the creation of the Panthéon de la Guerre, then the world's largest painting, measuring 45 feet high and 402 feet in circumference.¹

In producing the war panorama, he and Gorguet supervised over 20 major artists, creating a work that symbolized French national unity during the war.¹