Etienne Mondineu

[Steven Broomfield]

This painting has been in the possession of Blue Cross for many, many years: it depicts a wounded poilu and his wounded Briard attending a Blue Cross dressing station during the Great War. Until today I had no idea who painted it, but I have now been told it was done by Etienne Mondineu (afraid I can't do accents), whose picture is also attached 9and what a splendidly-'tached chap he is, too).

 

Nice to get the answer to a question and so out of the blue! The painting hangs adjacent to Matania's Goodbye Old Man in the meeting room here at the Victoria hospital

 

 

[Martin Bennitt]

Nice find Steven

 

Strangely, a quick search for images related to Mondineu fails to bring up this picture, though it does appear on a website about briards:

 

http://www.briardsdunouveau.com/what-is-a-briard.html

 

Here are more pictures of poilus by Mondineu

 

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b103159574

 

cheers

 

Martin B

[Steven Broomfield]

7 minutes ago, Martin Bennitt said:

Nice find Steven

 

Strangely, a quick search for images related to Mondineu fails to bring up this picture, though it does appear on a website about briards:

 

http://www.briardsdunouveau.com/what-is-a-briard.html

 

 

cheers

 

Martin B

 

That's where my colleague found it. Nice dogs and they make remarkably fine cheese.

[Hyacinth1326]

Ah the mere mention of 'Goodbye old Man' brings a tear to the eye.