Rousselot Lucien: Hussar Of The 9th Regiment First Empire: Original Study, Oil On Cardboard,

ROUSSELOT LUCIEN: Hussar of the 9th regiment First Empire: Original study, oil on cardboard, 20th century. 29404 Study representing a hussar of the 9th regiment seen from three-quarters face, H at sight 27 cm, width at sight 17 cm. Presented in a wooden frame, H 30.5 cm, width 20 cm. Signed lower right "LR". France. 20th century. Very good condition. PROVENANCE: Workshop of Lucien Rousselot, this type of study was exhibited in the painter's studio, 4 rue Aumont-Thiéville in the 17th arrondissement in Paris. BIOGRAPHY: Lucien ROUSSELOT, born May 4, 1900, died May 4, 1992. Official painter of the army, knight of the Legion of Honor, officer of Arts and Letters, knight of the Academic Palms. Painter and illustrator of military subjects, during his career, he produced an abundant iconography dealing with the uniforms worn within the French Army over a vast period from the 16th century to the end of the 19th century. From the 1920s onwards, he collaborated as an illustrator and uniformologist for the magazine Le Passepoil directed by Eugène-Louis Bucquoy, for whom he also illustrated some of the series of cards devoted to the uniforms of the First Empire. A member of the La Sabretache society, he also collaborated on the society's magazine Le Carnet de la Sabretache until the 1990s. His work, considered major, is the series of 106 uniform plates, more than half of which deal with French uniforms worn during the First Empire, The French Army, its uniforms, its armament, its equipment, which he produced from 1943 to 1970. To produce his paintings and plates, he used articulated mannequins of soldiers and miniature horses that he had made on a 1/7 scale, accompanied by accessories. He is buried in Marles en Brie (Seine et Marne).