Posted by admin | Posted in Scale Models | Posted on 15-09-2008
Tags: 6mm, french, french infantry regiments, french infantry rifle, french infantry weapons, french infantryman, french infantryman's view of american soldiers, infantry, napoleonic, painting
Searching For French Infantry ? Limited Offers Below
 |
 WWI French Infantry Uniform Great Coat Mint $152.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 35m |
 Foundry Napoleonic French Infantry x 24 $21.96 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 6m |
 FRANCE French Army Navy 3 Rd Marine Infantry Regiment Badge $28.50 Time Remaining: 1h 39m |
 TAMIYA 35293 Ger Infantry French Campaign 1 35 MILITARY KIT $18.78 Time Remaining: 2h 12m Buy It Now for only: $18.78 |
 William Britains Napoleonic French Line Infantry Fusilier Standing Firing 36074 $39.27 Time Remaining: 2h 55m Buy It Now for only: $39.27 |
 8 25mm Prince August Napoleonic British French Infantry Molds $29.95 Time Remaining: 2h 56m |
 15mm DJD Painted SYW French Lt Infantry 25 figures $47.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 11m |
 Swiss National Defence Infantry French Print 1937 $31.12 Time Remaining: 3h 30m Buy It Now for only: $31.12 |
 Solid Brass French Infantry ARMOR GORGET WWI WWII Civil $9.99 Time Remaining: 5h 1m |
 French Army First Empire Uniforms 1805 Light Infantry $9.99 Time Remaining: 5h 47m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 French Army First Empire Uniforms 1813 Line Infantry $9.99 Time Remaining: 5h 47m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 FRANCE FIRST WW 1916 DAKAR SENEGAL FRENCH MILITARY COVER INFANTRY BATAILION OF $69.99 Time Remaining: 6h 24m Buy It Now for only: $69.99 |
For more well priced, quality French Infantry Scroll Down Now
Henri Rousseau â Genius or Talent-less Fool?
France’s most famous naïve painter was born in 1844, the son of an ironmonger. At school, Rousseau was a poor student and failed most of his exams. By the age of 19 he found work as a clerk in a lawyer’s office, until he was sacked for stealing stamps, and imprisoned for a month.
In an effort to redeem his standing, Rousseau joined the French Infantry. After 5 years, he left the army, moved to Paris, and found work with the Customs Office. His job was to check carts for smuggled goods at the city gates. His duties were limited due to his lack of capability. At the age of about 27, Rousseau started to paint and draw in his spare time.
In 1885, some fourteen year later, Rousseau made his public debut as an artist, and exhibited two pictures at the “Salon des Artiste Independentsâ€, an exhibiting society formed by avant-garde artists who were unable to gain acceptance at the “Salon des Artistes Franceâ€. Visitors mocked and laughed at Rousseau’s paintings, but undeterred, he continued to exhibit each year.
At the age of 59, Rousseau retired from his Customs Office job, and dedicated himself to painting. At about this time, he struck up a friendship with the writer Alfred Jerry, who acted as his publicist, and introduced Rousseau to a new circle of contacts, including Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and latterly Picasso. Rousseau painted a portrait of Jerry, who destroyed it by using the picture for pistol target practise!
Rousseau’s new friends found his naivety, and gullibility amusing, and he was subjected to a number of pranks, such as falling for a story that the President of France had invited him to a grand reception. Rousseau turned up at the gates of the Elysee Palace, only to be turned away. At the age of 63 he was arrested for fraud, because an acquaintance had persuaded him to open a bank account in a false name for the purposes of embezzlement. At his trial, Rousseau’s paintings were presented as evidence of his childish mentality. The defence counsel’s strategy worked, and Rousseau received a suspended sentence.
Rousseau died in 1910 at the age of 66, and was buried in a pauper’s grave. Few of his drawing survived; his family disposed of most of them after his death!
Rousseau’s lifelong desire was to paint in a precise and realistic style, but he lacked the necessary skill and training. In his paintings, the conventions of perspective, proportion and illumination were ignored. Rousseau liked to paint animals, and copied photographs from books using a pantograph. He could not paint feet, so always placed his subjects ankle deep in grass. To prevent the need to create an impression of depth, he often painted a profusion of vegetation.Â
Rousseau’s most famous painting is possibly “the Sleeping Gypsyâ€, for which he drew inspiration from Gerome’s fabulous “Two Majestiesâ€. Rousseau offered to sell his painting to the mayor of his hometown, but the mayor declined the offer, and the painting was discovered 25 years later in a plumber’s workshop.
Rousseau was indifferent to the works of the progressive avant-garde artist around him, finding their paintings too unfinished. Paradoxically, these artists became appreciators of Rousseau’s work, and were instrumental in his posthumous recognition as a great painter. In his work they saw the beginnings of Surrealism, and took pleasure in the childlike quality of his pictures.
For my part, I can admire Rousseau for his dedication and effort. I cannot admire his artistic ability, because he was an adult painting like a child (in the same way that I can draw little gratification from a childish book). Rousseau believed that his paintings were stylised, yet highly realistic representations, and their surrealistic worth is entirely accidental. That doesn’t make him a great artist.
About the Author
Portrait artist working mainly from clients' own photographs.
|
|
WWI French Infantry Uniform Great Coat Mint $152.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 35m |
Foundry Napoleonic French Infantry x 24 $21.96 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 6m |
FRANCE French Army Navy 3 Rd Marine Infantry Regiment Badge $28.50 Time Remaining: 1h 39m |
|
TAMIYA 35293 Ger Infantry French Campaign 1 35 MILITARY KIT $18.78 Time Remaining: 2h 12m Buy It Now for only: $18.78 |
William Britains Napoleonic French Line Infantry Fusilier Standing Firing 36074 $39.27 Time Remaining: 2h 55m Buy It Now for only: $39.27 |
8 25mm Prince August Napoleonic British French Infantry Molds $29.95 Time Remaining: 2h 56m |
|
15mm DJD Painted SYW French Lt Infantry 25 figures $47.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 11m |
Swiss National Defence Infantry French Print 1937 $31.12 Time Remaining: 3h 30m Buy It Now for only: $31.12 |
Solid Brass French Infantry ARMOR GORGET WWI WWII Civil $9.99 Time Remaining: 5h 1m |
|
French Army First Empire Uniforms 1805 Light Infantry $9.99 Time Remaining: 5h 47m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
French Army First Empire Uniforms 1813 Line Infantry $9.99 Time Remaining: 5h 47m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
FRANCE FIRST WW 1916 DAKAR SENEGAL FRENCH MILITARY COVER INFANTRY BATAILION OF $69.99 Time Remaining: 6h 24m Buy It Now for only: $69.99 |
 Strelets French Infantry On the March 1 72 MIB $14.10 Time Remaining: 8h 20m Buy It Now for only: $14.10 |
 Italeri 1 72 6002 FRENCH LINE INFANTRY Napoleinuc Wars $8.99 Time Remaining: 11h 1m Buy It Now for only: $8.99 |
 28mm WSS DPS painted French Infantry marching FRWF001F $192.00 Time Remaining: 15h Buy It Now for only: $192.00 |
 Airfix 1 72 HO WW1 French Infantry $6.99 Time Remaining: 15h 6m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 WW1 French Army Horizon Blue Breeches Infantry L $74.00 Time Remaining: 15h 6m Buy It Now for only: $74.00 |
 399 Tin 54mm Toy French Grenadier Line Infantry $9.99 Time Remaining: 15h 23m |
 John Jenkins QF 05 French Line Infantry Marching Retired $119.00 Time Remaining: 18h 2m |
 WWII French Infantry Kirk Douglas head sculpt $99.00 Time Remaining: 18h 22m Buy It Now for only: $99.00 |
 Tamiya 1 35 German Infantry Set French Campaign TAM35293 $13.69 Time Remaining: 18h 24m Buy It Now for only: $13.69 |
 VICTRIX French Napoleonic Infantry 1804 1807 NEW $28.24 Time Remaining: 18h 40m Buy It Now for only: $28.24 |
 Tamiya 1 35 WWII French Infantry Set TAM35288 $16.19 Time Remaining: 18h 41m Buy It Now for only: $16.19 |
 28mm Napoleonic painted French Infantry pefn017 $172.88 Time Remaining: 18h 46m Buy It Now for only: $172.88 |
 AIRFIX 01728 WW1 FRENCH INFANTRY 1 72 SCALE FIGURES $12.56 Time Remaining: 18h 46m Buy It Now for only: $12.56 |
 Errol John Fusilier Grenadier in Greatcoats French Line Infantry VFN11 $31.43 Time Remaining: 18h 55m Buy It Now for only: $31.43 |
 Model 1882 French Infantry Officers Sword Scabbard Both have been shortened $39.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 20h 22m |
 Prussian French Infantry 1851 Heck Winkles Military Science Antique Print $18.99 Time Remaining: 21h 23m Buy It Now for only: $18.99 |
 AIN5419 French Foreign Legion 1915 Gallipoli Infantry $13.25 Time Remaining: 21h 23m Buy It Now for only: $13.25 |
 AIN5553 French Indian War British Light Infantry Any $12.95 Time Remaining: 21h 28m Buy It Now for only: $12.95 |
 HAT9302 Napoleonic French Light Infantry Voltigeurs 18 $14.25 Time Remaining: 21h 29m Buy It Now for only: $14.25 |
 HAT9303 Napoleonic French Light Infantry Carabiniers 1 $14.25 Time Remaining: 21h 29m Buy It Now for only: $14.25 |
 HAT9304 Napoleonic French Light Infantry Chasseurs 18 $14.25 Time Remaining: 21h 29m Buy It Now for only: $14.25 |
 19th Century French Infantry Officer Military Brass Gorget Rare $610.06 Time Remaining: 21h 59m Buy It Now for only: $610.06 |
 9676 Vintage French Foreign Legion Infantry $5.00 Time Remaining: 23h 4m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
 NEW Italeri 1 72 French Infantry Napoleonic War 556066 NIB $10.49 Time Remaining: 23h 26m Buy It Now for only: $10.49 |
 Rare GAZETTE DES UNIFORMES Military Uniforms Cavalry Grenadier Infantry Sword++ $24.95 Time Remaining: 23h 29m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 Essex KO7 15mm Franco Prussian War French Early Line Infantry Lying Firing NIB $4.75 Time Remaining: 23h 51m Buy It Now for only: $4.75 |
 54mm airfix Napoleonic French line infantry $1.40 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 2m Buy It Now for only: $1.40 |
 54mm airfix Napoleonic French line infantry $1.40 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 22m Buy It Now for only: $1.40 |
 54mm airfix Napoleonic French Old Guard Grenadier infantry $1.40 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 24m Buy It Now for only: $1.40 |
 Armies in Plastic WWI FRENCH INFANTRY 2 54mm $7.26 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 44m Buy It Now for only: $7.26 |
 15mm Mini Figs WWI French Infantry Firing $9.95 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 52m |
 French Infantry Company Flames of War FRAB02 FREE SHIP $180.00 Time Remaining: 1d 4h 3m Buy It Now for only: $180.00 |
 Flames of War French Infantry Company NEW FREE SHIPPING $179.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 22m Buy It Now for only: $179.99 |
 Victrix VXF0002 French Napoleonic Line Infantry Flags 1804 to 1812 Pattern NIB $29.95 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 24m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 AIRFIX WWI French Infantry 172 Scale A01728 $7.81 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 53m Buy It Now for only: $7.81 |
 1920 French Infantry Regiment Company Booklet $14.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 49m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Strelets R 172 M023 French Infantry On The March 1 $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 38m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Strelets R 172 M026 French Infantry In Advance $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 39m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 HAT X 5 FRENCH INFANTRY ATTENTION IN GREATCOATS NAPOLEONIC WARS 1 32ND PAINTED $7.84 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 58m |
 French Infantry 1 72 Italeri Napoleonic set 6066 $10.67 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 19m Buy It Now for only: $10.67 |
 French Line Infantry 1 72 Italeri Napoleonic set 6002 $10.67 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 19m Buy It Now for only: $10.67 |
 HO 00 1 72 Pegasus Models 7199 French Army Infantry WWI 1917 1918 1 76 $11.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 45m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 DSG French 1800 Napoleonic Infantry Unit 6 Figures on Plastic Bases NEW $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 56m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 STRELETS M 23 NAPOLEONICS FRENCH INFANTRY ON THE MARCH 1 172 SCALE $10.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 59m Buy It Now for only: $10.99 |
 VICTRIX FRENCH NAPOLEONIC LINE INFANTRY FLAG SHEET $23.56 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 1m Buy It Now for only: $23.56 |
 N224 Kinney Military French Infantry 16th Century France $4.99 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 6m Buy It Now for only: $4.99 |
 FRENCH LIGHT INFANTRY VOLTIGEURS 28mm HAT 28003 $22.75 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 4m Buy It Now for only: $22.75 |
 FRENCH LIGHT INFANTRY CARABINIERS 28mm HAT 28009 $22.75 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 6m Buy It Now for only: $22.75 |