Hippolyte Bellangé: A Titan of Napoleonic Battle Painting Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (17 January 1800 – 10 April 1866) stands as a monumental figure in French Romantic battle painting, an artist whose dramatic depictions captured the fervor and brutality of Napoleon’s era. Born into a family steeped in artistic tradition—his father was a sculptor—Bellangé possessed an innate talent that quickly blossomed under the tutelage of Ale…