Paul-Émile Boutigny

Paul-Émile Boutigny (French pronunciation: [pɔl emil butiɲi]; 10 March 1853 in Paris – 27 June 1929 in Paris) was a French academist painter who specialized in military subjects.

His father was a tailor and his mother worked as a seamstress.

Following the Franco-Prussian War, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Cabanel[1] and developed a unique style of battle painting, drawn from personal experience.

[2] That same year, he began producing the satirical, artistic and literary journal Cocorico, which promoted Art Nouveau.

He illustrated several works: Some of his most familiar paintings include: