Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour

Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Émile Signol, François-Édouard Picot and Félix-Joseph Barrias is recorded. Eugène de Barberiis and Eugène Berthelon are recorded as having studied under Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and military art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour is recorded in the collections of Amsterdam Museum, Syracuse University Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Fralin Museum of Art and Hermitage Museum. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Médaille militaire.

• Name — Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour • Born — 29 June 1838 • Birthplace — Boulogne-sur-Mer, France • Died — 29 November 1910 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting

Berne-Bellecour was born on 29 June 1838 in Boulogne, France. He studied under François-Édouard Picot and Félix-Joseph Barrias. He initially painted landscapes and portraits. He worked in photography to support himself while he studied. He also attended the École des Beaux-Arts and competed for the Prix de Rome in 1859. Berne-Bellecour, along with his brother-in-law Jehan Georges Vibert, produced a comedic play titled "La Tribune Mécanique" which was performed at the Palais Royal in 1862. He showcased his works at several Salons in the 1860s and later. He won a prize for photography at the Universal Exposition of 1867. In 1868, Vibert encouraged Berne-Bellecour to devote himself entirely to painting. • Illustration — Berne-Bellecour, Les Tirailleurs de la Seine au combat de Rueil-Malmaison (1875). Berne-Bellecour, Vibert, and Alexander Louis Leloir went on a trip to Africa in 1870, later returning to fight in the Franco-Prussian War. They served in the Francs-tireurs de la Seine alongside fellow artists Hector Leroux, Gustave Jacquet, Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, and the sculptor Joseph Cuvelier. "They fought bravely at Malmaison" in the Battle of Buzenval. Berne-Bellecour depicted the engagement in a painting made five years later. He won a medal for gallantry under fire and went on to paint many military subjects. He also practiced as a sculptor and an etcher. He was named a Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor in 1878. Berne-Bellecour died in Paris on 29 November 1910. His son Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874–1939) was also a military painter.

• Illustration — Low Road on the Coast of Normandy (1864) • Illustration — The Lover (1869) • Illustration — Soldiers resting (1883) • Illustration — L'Attaque (1874) • Illustration — Picket Guards (1891)