Joan of Arc Series (B) Her Appeal to the Dauphin Louis-Maurice  Boutet de Monvel (French, 1850 -1913)

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel’s Joan of Arc Series celebrates the remarkable life of the maiden who liberated the city of Orléans from siege in 1429 and turned the tide of the Hundred Years War between France and England. The artist was born in Orléans, where the memory of the Maid of Orléans has lived on for centuries. . . .

- Nora M. Heimann, Assistant Professor of Art History
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

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Joan of Arc Series (C) The Maid in Armor on Horseback Louis-Maurice  Boutet de Monvel (French, 1850 -1913)

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel’s Joan of Arc Series celebrates the remarkable life of the maiden who liberated the city of Orléans from siege in 1429 and turned the tide of the Hundred Years War between France and England. The artist was born in Orléans, where the memory of the Maid of Orléans has lived on for centuries. Boutet de Monvel first turned to this subject when he wrote and illustrated a children’s book on Joan of Arc’s life, published in French in 1896 and in English translation in 1918. The artist was inspired by images of the maid that he saw as child in Orléans and by a gilded statue of her by Emmanuel Frémiet in Paris. The immense success of Boutet de Monvel’s book won him international fame and two commissions. The first was for a cycle of frescos in the Basilica of Domrémy in Joan’s home village. The second commission, begun after 1903, was for six canvases depicting her life for William A. Clark, senator from Montana. . . .

- Nora M. Heimann, Assistant Professor of Art History
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

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Joan of Arc Series (A) The Vision and Inspiration Louis-Maurice  Boutet de Monvel (French, 1850 -1913)

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel’s Joan of Arc Series celebrates the remarkable life of the maiden who liberated the city of Orléans from siege in 1429 and turned the tide of the Hundred Years War between France and England. The artist was born in Orléans, where the memory of the Maid of Orléans has lived on for centuries.

Boutet de Monvel first turned to this subject when he wrote and illustrated a children’s book on Joan of Arc’s life, published in French in 1896 and in English translation in 1918. The artist was inspired by images of the ,maid that he saw as child in Orléans and by a gilded statue of her by Emmanuel Frémiet in Paris. The immense success of Boutet de Monvel’s book won him international fame and two commissions. The first was for a cycle of frescos in the Basilica of Domrémy in Joan’s home village. The second commission, begun after 1903, was for six canvases depicting her life for William A. Clark, senator from Montana. . . .

- Nora M. Heimann, Assistant Professor of Art History
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

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Joan of Arc Series (D) The Turmoil of Conflict Louis-Maurice  Boutet de Monvel (French, 1850 -1913)

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel’s Joan of Arc Series celebrates the remarkable life of the maiden who liberated the city of Orléans from siege in 1429 and turned the tide of the Hundred Years War between France and England. The artist was born in Orléans, where the memory of the Maid of Orléans has lived on for centuries.

Boutet de Monvel first turned to this subject when he wrote and illustrated a children’s book on Joan of Arc’s life, published in French in 1896 and in English translation in 1918. The artist was inspired by images of the maid that he saw as child in Orléans and by a gilded statue of her by Emmanuel Frémiet in Paris. The immense success of Boutet de Monvel’s book won him international fame and two commissions. The first was for a cycle of frescos in the Basilica of Domrémy in Joan’s home village. The second commission, begun after 1903, was for six canvases depicting her life for William A. Clark, senator from Montana. . . .

- Nora M. Heimann, Assistant Professor of Art History
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

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Joan of Arc Series (F) The Trial of Joan of Arc Louis-Maurice  Boutet de Monvel (French, 1850 -1913)

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel’s Joan of Arc Series celebrates the remarkable life of the maiden who liberated the city of Orléans from siege in 1429 and turned the tide of the Hundred Years War between France and England. The artist was born in Orléans, where the memory of the Maid of Orléans has lived on for centuries.

Boutet de Monvel first turned to this subject when he wrote and illustrated a children’s book on Joan of Arc’s life, published in French in 1896 and in English translation in 1918. The artist was inspired by images of the maid that he saw as child in Orléans and by a gilded statue of her by Emmanuel Frémiet in Paris. The immense success of Boutet de Monvel’s book won him international fame and two commissions. The first was for a cycle of frescos in the Basilica of Domrémy in Joan’s home village. The second commission, begun after 1903, was for six canvases depicting her life for William A. Clark, senator from Montana. . . .

- Nora M. Heimann, Assistant Professor of Art History
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Text excerpted from A Capital Collection: Masterworks from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which is available for purchase in the Corcoran Shop. :: Click here to purchase this catalog online

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