Lucien-Pierre Sergent

Lucien-Pierre Sergent (8 June 1849 – 1904) was a French academic painter. He was known for his military art.

Early life

Sergent was born in 1849 at Massy in the Seine-et-Oise department.^[1]

He was known as a student of Vauchelet Pils^[1] and Jean-Paul Laurens.^[2]

Career

His 1874 painting, Le dernier effort à la porte Ballan, fin de la bataille de Sedan 1re septembre 1870 was purchased by the French government. It was installed at Prytanée National Militaire in the city of La Flèche.^[1]

Publicity pamphlet for "Land and Naval Battles of Vicksburg, Panorama in Asakusa Park, Tokyo," a cyclorama mural by Sergent which was exhibited in Japan circa 1890s

His 1888 painting The Battles of Vicksburg, was a 360° panorama of the land and naval battles of Vicksburg in 1863 during the American Civil War.^[3] The work was completed and first exhibited in Paris; and it was subsequently shown in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco before it was installed in Tokyo.^[4]