French artist, born at Moselle, France, on the 1st of February 1817. He received instruction in painting from Paul Delaroche; in 1848 received a first-class medal at the Salon; also received a medal of honor at the Salon of 1857, and other second-class medals. He was sent to the Crimea by the government, in 1855, to paint a series of pictures of the war. In the Versailles museum are a number of his war-scenes. He was professor of drawing in the École des Beaux-Arts, and was made an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1867.
