Paul Alexandre Protais

Born: 1825

Death: 1890

Biography:

Paul Alexandre Protais (17 October 1825 – 25 January 1890) was a French artist of historical scenes, especially military and battle paintings. (He was actually born in Paris in 1825, though the notices of his time mention 1826 after an error was committed during his first exhibition at the Paris Salon.) Born in Paris, he later became a student of D...