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American painter
Self portrait
Pocahontas
Saving
John Smith
(1870)
An Episode of the War
(1875)
Victor Nehlig
(1830,
Paris
? 1909,
New York City
) was a French-American painter.
Life
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Born in
Paris
in 1830, Nehlig studied
painting
under
Leon Cogniet
and
Abel de Pujol
. In 1850, he moved to the
United States
, where he would live and work for the next 22 years, interrupted only by a brief stay in
Havana
,
Cuba
. During his time in the United States, Nehlig opened a studio in
New York City
and painted a variety of works in the
academic style
, often demonstrating his prowess at depicting the human figure. Nehlig returned to his native
France
in 1872, two years after being elected an academician in the
National Academy of Design
and shortly after his studio and many of his reference materials were destroyed in a devastating fire.
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He died in 1909 in New York City.
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Works
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While Nehlig was relatively well known among art enthusiasts during his time, his work has seen less attention in subsequent years.
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He frequently painted interpretations of American history, taking a special interest in scenes from the
American Civil War
, the effects of which he witnessed firsthand.
An Episode of the War — The Cavalry Charge of Lt.
Henry B. Hidden
(1875), held in the collection of the
New-York Historical Society
's Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture, and
Pocahontas Saving Capt. John Smith
(1870), held in the collection of the
Museum of Art BYU
, are among his only paintings on public display. A number of others exist in private collections.
References
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- ^
Hale, Edward Everett (1872).
Old and New
. London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston. pp. 503?504.
ISBN
0-7090-1601-8
.
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Leonard, John W. (1899).
Who's Who in America: 1899–1900
. Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company.
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"Principal Accessions by Gift: November–December 15".
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
.
1
(2). The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 23?27. January 1906.
doi
:
10.2307/3253344
.
JSTOR
3253344
.
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