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==Biography==
[[File:Horace Vernet ILN.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Horace Vernet]]
[[File:Horace Vernet - Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops - Walters 3754.jpg|thumbnail| ''Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops'' ]]
Vernet was born to [[Carle Vernet]], another famous painter, who was himself a son of [[Claude Joseph Vernet]]. He was born in the [[Paris]] [[Louvre]], while his parents were staying there during the [[French Revolution]]. Vernet quickly developed a disdain for the high-minded seriousness of academic French art influenced by [[Classicism]], and decided to paint subjects taken mostly from contemporary culture. Therefore, he began depicting the [[France|French]] [[soldier]] in a more familiar, vernacular manner rather than in an idealized, [[Michaelangelo's David|Davidian]] fashion. Some of his paintings that represent French soldiers in a more direct, less idealizing style, include ''Dog of the Regiment'', ''Trumpeter's Horse'', and ''Death of Poniatowski''.
He gained recognition during the [[Bourbon Restoration]] for a series of battle paintings commissioned by the duc d'Orleans, the future King Louis-Philippe. Critics marvelled at the incredible speed with which he painted.<ref name=Rees >Ruutz-Rees, Janet E. (Janet Emily) (1880). ''Horace Vernet''. New York: Scribner and Welford.</ref> Many of his paintings made during this early phase of his career were "noted for their historical accuracy as well as their charged landscapes."<ref>''The Art of War[s]: Paintings of Heroes, Horrors and History'' - Chase Maenius</ref> Examples of paintings in this style include
Over the course of his long career, Horace Vernet was honoured with dozens of important commissions. [[King Louis-Philippe]] was one of his most prolific patrons.<ref name=Rees /> His depictions of [[Algeria]]n battles, such as the ''Capture of the Smahla'' and the ''Capture of Constantine'', were well-received, as they were vivid depictions of the French army in the heat of battle. After the fall of the [[July Monarchy]] during the [[Revolutions of 1848|Revolution of 1848]], Vernet discovered a new patron in [[Napoléon III of France]]. He continued to paint representations of the heroic French army during the [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]] and maintained his commitment to representing war in an accessible and realistic way. He accompanied the [[Military of France|French Army]] during the [[Crimean War]], producing several paintings, including one of the [[Battle of the Alma]], which was not as well received as his earlier paintings. One well known and possibly apocryphal anecdote maintains that when Vernet was asked to remove a certain obnoxious general from one of his paintings, he replied, "I am a painter of history, sire, and I will not violate the truth," hence demonstrating his fidelity to representing war truthfully.
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