Artist
A Mounted Officer
1877
OctJean Baptiste Edouard Detaille was born in Paris on October 5, 1848.1
Detaille began his artistic studies at the age of seventeen in 1867.1
Detaille made his debut at the Salon of 1867 with a painting of Meissonier's studio.1
Detaille enlisted in the French Army when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870.1
AprDetaille went on a sketching trip to Algeria in the spring of 1870.1
In 1912, Detaille designed new uniforms for the French army, which were not adopted.1
DecJean Baptiste Edouard Detaille died in Paris on December 23, 1912, at the age of 64.1
