Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecoeur (France, 1838 - 1910) Painting of soldiers on horseback. Signed and dated lower right. Oil/Panel. Sight Size: 17.5 x 13.5 in. Overall Size: 27.5 x 23.5 in. Etienne-Prosper Berne Bellecoeur, a painter, was born in Boulogne-sur-Wed France, July 29th, 1838, and died there Nov. 29, 1910. He was a pupil of Picot and F. Barrias at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied portraits and landscapes, genre and military subjects. He is Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur and exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in 1900-1903-1904-1905.