Darien, Henri-Gaston (1864-1926)

Creator details

Name
Darien, Henri-Gaston (1864-1926)
Nationality
French

Assets (14 in total)

Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687), French explorer and his companions descending the Mississippi River for France, 1682 (watercolour)
The Parisian Bird Market (oil on canvas)
Fachoda Crisis: Captain Jean Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934) and his Senegalese Tirailleurs marching for Fachoda in Sudan to make it a French protectorate, July 1898” (Fashoda incident: Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand treks across Africa with orders to secure the area around Fashoda, and make it a french protectorate, 1898) Watercolour de Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection
The first European settlers on the Saint Lawrence River banks, present-day Quebec 16th-17th century (European settlers on the Saint Lawrence River banks, 16th 17th century) Watercolour by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection
Conquete de Algerie: “” bivouac de zouaves de l'armee francaise sous le command du General Bugeaud au la revolt d'Abd el-Kader, juin 1836” (French conquest of Algeria: french zouave soldiers under Bugeaud command during campaign against Abd-el-Kader, 1836) Watercolour by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from ““Our colonial epopee”” by Peter Legendre, 1901 Private collection
Indian Campaign (1778-1783): view of the Battle of Trinquemalay in August 1782 at Ceylon, opposing the French army of Suffren against the British of Admiral Hugues” (American revolutionary War: East Indies: the battle of Trincomalee between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the of Trincomalee, then India, august september 1782) Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection
Colonization of Tonkin: “” The French Admiral Amedee Courbet Leading his Fleet in Along Bay (Ha Long) in August 1883, Viet Nam” (Tonkin Campaign: the Admiral Amedee Courbet in Along Bay in July - august 1883 with substantial naval reinforcements further strengthening the French position in Tonkin, Vietnam) Watercolour by Gaston Henry Darien ( 1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Collection privee
Campaigns du Sahara (1882-1902) “” Les tirailleurs algeriens du colonel Eu dans les environs d'In Salah dans le sahara algerian, 1900” (French saharian conquest: algerian tirailleurs (turcos) walking on In-Salah, 1900) Watercolour by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “” Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Privendre, 1901 Collection ee
View of Tahiti under the regne of Pomare IV (1813-1877) (View of Tahiti at the times of Pomare IV, 1827-1877) Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) taken from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection
Representation of El Dorado (El Dorado or Eldorado) a legendary gold citation that attracted Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries and originated at the time of the conquest of the New World by the conquistadores in the 16th century (The myth of El Dorado, golden city of the New world which fascinated european during 16th and 17th centuries, who believed that a hidden city of immense wealth existed) Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Collection privee
View of a Moorish Brakna march in the Podor region of Senegal, beginning 18th century (A moorish market near Podor, Senegal, 18th century) Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) taken from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection
Portrait of young woman creole from French Antilles, 18th century Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection

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