1 Painting, The art of War, Constant Meyer's Recognition, with footnotes

Constant Mayer  (1829–1911)

Recognition, c. 1865

Oil on canvas

height: 173 mm (6.8 in) ; width: 237.5 mm (9.3 in)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Recognition: North and South is a painting of a Union soldier who is dying on the battlefield. The reason it is called Recognition is that there is a Confederate soldier holding him, supposedly his brother who was fighting for the Confederacy during the same battle. This powerful painting captures the sorrow of the Civil War (c. 1861-1865), one of the darkest chapters in the history of the United States, brilliantly. More on this painting

Constant Mayer (October 3, 1829 – May 12, 1911) was a French painter who emigrated to the United States.

Mayer was born in Besançon, France . He studied in Paris in the École des Beaux-Arts and under Léon Cogniet, and followed his profession in that city until 1854, when he moved to New York City. Mayer worked as a colorist at the photography studio of Jeremiah Gurney and CD Fredericks, at 340 Broadway, in Manhattan. With his own studio, at 1155 Broadway, he became known for his genre or historical paintings based on literature, and particularly for his portraits. He also created many sketches and drawings. His sentimental Civil War-themed painting, "Recognition" of 1865, drew considerable attention over the years. In 1869, Mayer was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He had been elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1866, and was also a member of the American Art Union.

Mayer left the U.S. in 1869 for Paris, where he died in 1911. Several of Mayer's works appear in the collections of world-renowned museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. More on Constant Mayer

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