Cavalry review - Georges HYON

Title : Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancer Regiment

Artist : Georges HYON (Paris 1840 – Saint Germain en Laye 1913)

Technique : Oil on canvas

Dimensions : 115 x 146,5 cm

Signed lower left

A student of Portalis, Georges Hyon began his career as an illustrator at Journal Amusant at the end of the 1860s. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1875 until his death, presenting military scenes ranging from Napoleon I to the Third Republic. After 1891, he worked at the newspaper l'Illustration.

Our large canvas is a cavalry review representing the 2nd Lancers regiment, with their characteristic daffodil color. These troops are reviewed by their colonel as well as a general who has not been identified.