Paul-Émile Boutigny
Paul-Émile Boutigny was a French painter who specialized in military subjects.Life and work
His father was a tailor and his mother worked as a seamstress. Following the Franco-Prussian War, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Cabanel and developed a unique style of battle painting, drawn from personal experience. He was a regular participant in the Salon after 1880.
He was decorated with the Légion d'honneur in 1898. That same year, he began producing the satirical, artistic and literary journal Cocorico, which promoted Art Nouveau.
He illustrated several works:
Some of his most familiar paintings include:
