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Poirson, Victor-Armand (1858-93)

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Name
Poirson, Victor-Armand (1858-93)
Nationality
French
Biography
Victor-Armand Poirson was a French painter born in 1846. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became a member of the Société des Artistes Français. Poirson specialized in painting landscapes, seascapes, and genre scenes, often depicting the daily life of fishermen and peasants. He was known for his use of vibrant colors and his ability to capture the atmosphere and light of his subjects. Poirson exhibited his works at the Paris Salon and won several awards throughout his career. He also painted murals for public buildings, including the town hall of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Poirson's paintings can be found in museums and private collections around the world, including the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. He died in 1909 at the age of 63.
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The Dey of Algiers, Hussein ibn El Hussein strikes the French ambassador, M. Deval with a fan, 27th April 1827, cover of a school textbook, 1891 (colour litho)
The Dey of Algiers, Hussein ibn El Hussein strikes the French ambassador, M. Deval with a fan, 1891 (lithograph)
Ancient Greece: “Representation of the Pythia, priestess at the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Greece” Engraving from “The Mysteres of Science” by Louis Figuier, Private Collection
Affaire des possedes de Loudun (demons de Loudun) circa 1630: “Exorcism of the possessed mother superior of the ursuline convent by the priest of Chinon, Pierre Barre following the events of the “Loudun the Possessions”, illustration for possessed of Loudun) Engraving from “Les mysteres de la science” by Louis Figuier, Private Collection
Siege de la Rochelle (1627-1628): “” The Cardinal of Richelieu (1585-1642) on the dam of La Rochelle, during the siege of the city, place d'armes des Protestants in October 1628”” - Cardinal de Richelieu at the siege of La Rochelle in October 1628) Engraving from “Les mysteres de science” by Louis Figuree Ier, 1887 Private collection
Possessions of Aix-en-Provence: “” The martyrdom of Louis Gaufridy (Gaufridi) (1580-1611), cure of the Aroules and Benedictine monk, accuses of diabolical seduction and witchcraft on nuns, condemne to be burnt alive, to Aix en provence, 30/04/1611” (Aix-en-Provence possessions, series of possessions, series of alleged possession occurring among the cases) Ursuline nuns of Aix-en-Provence, 1611 - Father Louis Gaufridi is accused and convicted of causing the possession by a pact with the devil, and he was executed by being burned at the stake) Engraving from “Les mysteres de la science” by Louis Figuier, collection privee
A prediction by Apollonios of Tyana (Apollonius) (16-97 AD) philosopher neopythagorist, predicator and thaumaturge (Apollonius of Tyana Greek Neopythagorean philosopher, preacher and miracle worker) Engraving from “The mysteres of science” by Louis Figuier, 1887 Private collection
He was on his knees, on the floor, in front of her. Illustration by V.A. Poirson (1890) for the novel “Salammbo” by Gustave Flaubert, taking as a framework the mercenary war at the time of the first Punic War (246-241 BC) between the Romans and Carthaginians.
Prohibition of preches and arrest of Protestants after the revocation of the Edit de Nantes (dragonnades under Louis XIV (1681-1686): exiles of Protestants leaving cities to join the borders (dragonnades in France under Louis XIV, French policy instituted by Louis XIV in 1681 to intimidate and persecute Huguenot families into either leaving France or re-converting to Catholicism, protestant people leave their cities to reach foreign countries) Engraving from “Les mysteres de la science” by Louis Figuier, Private Collection
Illustration by V.A. Poirson (1890) for the novel Salammbo”” by Gustave Flaubert, taking as a frame the mercenary war at the time of the first Punic War (246-241 BC) between the Romans and Carthaginians.
Turcos, colonial soldiers of the French army (colour litho)
Battle of Le Bourget, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (colour litho)
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