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Isidore Pils
Isidore Pils

Isidore Pils

French, 1815-1875
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Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.

Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years.

In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot. He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple. Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence.

Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau, Paul Adolphe Rajon, Julien Dupré, Luc-Olivier Merson, Ludovic Piette, Édouard Joseph Dantan and László Mednyánszky Henry-Lionel Brioux.

Among his other work, Pils painted part of the ceiling of the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier, in four panels titled The Gods of Olympus, Apollo in His Chariot, Triumph of Harmony, and Apotheosis of the Opera, completed the year of his death. The following year he was the subject of a biography by Louis Becq de Fouquières.

Pils died in Douarnenez and is buried in section 54 of Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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Ruines du salon de Mars au palais de Saint-Cloud en 1871.

Ruines du salon de Mars au palais de Saint-Cloud en 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Le bastion 63.

Le bastion 63. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
La lessive, place Pigalle, mars 1871.

La lessive, place Pigalle, mars 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Fort sous la neige.

Fort sous la neige. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Campement d’artillerie place de la Bourse, 4 juin 1871.

Campement d’artillerie place de la Bourse, 4 juin 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Artilleurs aux Tuileries, 9 juillet 1871.

Artilleurs aux Tuileries, 9 juillet 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Minerve combattant la Force brutale devant l’Olympe réuni.

Minerve combattant la Force brutale devant l’Olympe réuni. (1872)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Mythology
Minerva Combating Brute Force

Minerva Combating Brute Force (19th century)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Mythology
Soldat, 30 juin 1871.

Soldat, 30 juin 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
La place Vendôme après le renversement de la colonne.

La place Vendôme après le renversement de la colonne. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Ruines des Tuileries, 7 juillet 1871.

Ruines des Tuileries, 7 juillet 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Portrait de l’artiste.

Portrait de l’artiste. (1853)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Mobiles sous le viaduc d’Auteuil.

Mobiles sous le viaduc d’Auteuil. (1870)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Carrefour, 8 février 1871.

Carrefour, 8 février 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Campement de mobiles bretons sous le viaduc d’Auteuil en 1870.

Campement de mobiles bretons sous le viaduc d’Auteuil en 1870. (1870)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Auteuil 1870.

Auteuil 1870. (1870)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Study of a Reclining Nude

Study of a Reclining Nude (c. 1841)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Le Point du Jour, février 1871.

Le Point du Jour, février 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Young Man Leaning Forward with Outstretched Arms (Study for Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor)

Young Man Leaning Forward with Outstretched Arms (Study for Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor) (c. 1851)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Girl on a Donkey

Girl on a Donkey (c. 1832–1855)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Study For Mercury

Study For Mercury

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Mythology
An Arab Encampment

An Arab Encampment (1861)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Two North Africans conversing

Two North Africans conversing (ca 1860s)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Sketch for ‘Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1860’

Sketch for ‘Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1860’ (ca. 1862–67)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Study for the figure of the seine, for the opera garnier, paris

Study for the figure of the seine, for the opera garnier, paris

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Mythology
Le triomphe d’Apollon, projet pour le décor de l’opéra Garnier

Le triomphe d’Apollon, projet pour le décor de l’opéra Garnier

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Mythology
Horse caparisoned

Horse caparisoned (circa 1860)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Animals
Distribution des aigles et la bénédiction des drapeaux, le 10 mai 1852, au Champ-de-Mars

Distribution des aigles et la bénédiction des drapeaux, le 10 mai 1852, au Champ-de-Mars (1855)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Figurative
Soldats du 37e de Ligne boulevard de Clichy.

Soldats du 37e de Ligne boulevard de Clichy. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
Siège de Paris, bastion 63, le 11 janvier 1871.

Siège de Paris, bastion 63, le 11 janvier 1871. (1871)

Isidore Pils (French, 1815-1875)
Landscape
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