mheu, Historical Museum of the Urban Environment

The artist

Victor Adam was a French painter and lithographer born in Paris in 1801. From a very young age, he displayed gifts that were to earn him a place at the Ecole des Beaux Arts at the age of thirteen. He quickly discovered lithography which was to become his principle mode of expression. He produced a total of more than 8,000 plates and illustrations, dealing in particular with historical subjects such as the battles of Napoleon Bonaparte. He died in Viroflay in 1866.