Raymond Desvarreux (1876-1961) was the son of the American painter James Desvarreux-Larpenteur. He was a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jean Baptist Detaille. Private Collection 35 x 27 cm without frame He painted landscapes, horses and hunting scenes like his father, but exhibits at the Paris salon of great compositions celebrating the Revolution and Empire campaigns and the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Desvarreux participated in panorama the Battle of Waterloo under the direction of Louis Dumoulin in 1911-1912, and won a gold medal at the 1913 Salon.