Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi feliks emanɥɛl filipɔto]; 3 April 1815 – 8 November 1884) was a French artist and illustrator, known primarily as a battle painter.

[1] One of his best-known works was a depiction of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War,[2][3] painted in the form of a cyclorama, a type of large panoramic painting on the inside of a cylindrical platform designed to provide a viewer standing in the middle of the cylinder with a 360° view of the painting.

Viewers surrounded by the panoramic image are meant to feel as if they are standing in the midst of a historic event or famous place.

They also collaborated on a cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg that became a celebrated work in the United States:"One cyclorama, however, halted the slide in popularity, and almost single-handedly revived the public's interest in the medium for another decade...this singular creation was initially painted in 1882-83 by Henry F. Philippoteaux and Paul Philippoteaux, a father and son team of French artists...within a year, half a million people had stood before it.

[6] He died in 1884 in Paris and his obituary in the New York Times appeared on November 10, 1884.