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“Sometime in the 80’s I was
commissioned to do the above
painting of Napoleon, subsequently,
we had the opportunity to buy it
back 20 years later at the beginning
of the millennium. It now remains
one of our most valued paintings and is in now vintage album “1812 Overture”!.
our Ygartua family collection. This famous painting “Napoleon’s Retreat
from Russia 1812” graced this vintage
On occasion I get interesting commissions album cover.
that I would never have committed to if it
weren’t for the client who is so passionate It was captivating to begin with and what
about a particular subject. made it even more interesting for me, was
the combination of the historic subject
Once commissioned I have to do some matter of the Russian War of 1812 and
research and even though everybody has becoming familiar with Tchaikovsky’s
heard about Napoleon’s Retreat from “1812 Overture” written especially for
Russia. I don’t believe that I had ever come Russia, to commemorate the successful
across this painting “unknown painter” Russian defense against Napoleon’s
that was on the cover of Tchaikovsky’s, invading Grande Armee in 1812. “1812
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