ROUSSELOT LUCIEN: Hussar of the 4th regiment of the First Empire: Original study, oil on cardboard, 20th century. Inventory number 29405.

ROUSSELOT LUCIEN: Hussar of the 4th Regiment, First Empire: Original Study, oil on cardboard, 20th century. 29405

Study depicting a hussar of the 4th regiment in a three-quarter rear view, Height 20 cm, Width 12.5 cm. Presented in a wooden frame, Height 23.5 cm, Width 16.4 cm.
Signed at the bottom right "LR."

France.
20th century.
Very good condition.

PROVENANCE:
From the workshop of Lucien Rousselot, this type of study was exhibited in the painter's studio, located at 4 rue Aumont-Thiéville in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.

BIOGRAPHY:
Lucien ROUSSELOT, born on May 4, 1900, died on 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 depicting the uniforms worn within the French Army over a vast period from the 16th century to the late 19th century. He collaborated from the 1920s as an illustrator and uniform expert for the magazine Le Passepoil directed by Eugène-Louis Bucquoy, for whom he also illustrated some of the series of cards dedicated to the uniforms of the First Empire. A member of the society La Sabretache, he also contributed to the society's magazine Le Carnet de la Sabretache until the 1990s. His major work is considered to be the series of 106 uniform illustrations, more than half of which focused on French uniforms worn during the First Empire, the French Army, its uniforms, weapons, and equipment that he produced from 1943 to 1970. For the creation of his paintings and illustrations, he used articulated miniature soldiers and horse mannequins that he had made on a 1/7th scale, accompanied by accessories. He is buried in Marles en Brie (Seine et Marne).