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Regnault (ALEXANDRE GEORGES HENRI)

ALEXANDRE GEORGES HENRI, a French painter; born in Paris, Oct. 30, 1843, the son of HENRI VICTOR REGNAULT (q.v.). His aptitude for drawing manifested itself very early, and he was continually sketching the animals in the Jardin des Plantes. He studied art under Lamothe and Cabanel; and, after two unsuccessful attempts, gained the prix de Rome (the Rome prize) in 1866. He executed there a remarkable portrait of Madame Duparc, and his historical subject of "Automedon Breaking the Horses of Achilles," and drew on wood illustrations for Way's "Rome." In 1869 he painted an equestrian portrait of General Prim, now in the Louvre, and in 1870 "The Execution Without Judgment Under the Moorish Kings of Granada" to be found in the same collection .

Other works of 1870 are "Judith" and "Salome." He returned to Paris on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War; and though exempt from military service, he volunteered as a private soldier , and was killed at Buzenval, Jan. 19, 1871.