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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Georges Hyon chooses to paint an episode from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which forced France to sign a humiliating armistice with the German Empire in January 1871. This is a scene of tension, and dramatic movement encapsulated in the skirmish between French and German cavalry scouts. Hyon exhibited only military subjects at the Paris Salon from 1875 to 1880, when military scenes were popular. The painting resembles in subject and composition Hyon's Cavalry in Action (private collection). | Subjects: | military and war | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Hyon, Georges Louis (French artist, born 1855) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8815... | Go to resource |
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