Louis Gardette (active in Paris at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century) In battle Turbulently staged battle scene from the Franco-Prussian War, depicting the fight between the French cavalry and the Prussian soldiers with heavy cannon and impressively capturing the powerful dynamics of a martial battle. Gardette was a pupil of Pils and Lehman and, from 1880 onwards, supplied the Paris Salon mainly with military scenes and portraits. Oil on canvas; signed a.; 32.5 cm x 46 cm. Frame. Provenance: Dissolution of a southern German entrepreneur's collection. Oil on canvas. Signed.