Rene Pierre Charles Princeteau (1843 - 1914) France

Rene Pierre Charles Princeteau (1843 - 1914) France
Rene Pierre Charles Princeteau (1843 - 1914) Pair of oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures (9.5 x 7.5 inches) w/frame (12 x 10 inches) each. René Pierre Charles Princeteau, French, 18 July 1843 – 31 January 1914-A master in the depiction of equestrian subject matter, René Princeteau is considered to be one of the most highly sought-after academic French artists of the late 19th century. Born deaf and mute into a wealthy noble family in Libourne, Princeteau studied sculpture in Bordeaux before enrolling at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 1865 under the tutelage of Auguste Dumont, a well-established French sculptor famous for his decorations for Napoleon III's new Louvre. By 1871 inspiration would derive from the Franco-Prussian War, where he would make numerous sketches and compositions of military life, evidently mastering the depiction and conformation of the horse in the process.In 1874 Princeteau opened a studio in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
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