Victor_Huen

Victor Huen

Victor Huen

French painter


Victor Huen (2 March 1874 – 15 December 1939) was a painter, lithographer and illustrator, specializing in military subjects and uniform illustrations. He was born in Colmar. He is most notable for his part in the series of uniform cards Les uniformes du Premier-Empire headed by commandant Louis-Eugène Bucquoy. Huen also collaborated with the illustrator Hansi on children's books.

Works

  • Les uniformes du Premier-Empire, 1904–1914, collaboration
  • L'histoire d'Alsace : racontée aux petits enfants d'Alsace et de France, 1915, with Hansi
  • La merveilleuse histoire du bon Saint Florentin d'Alsace par l'oncle Hansi, 1925, with Hansi

Bibliography

  • Henri Marcus, Victor Huen : peintre militaire alsacien 1874-1939 : sa vie son œuvre, Berger-Levrault, 1949
  • Francis Gueth, François Robichon, La grande armée par Victor Huen, Herscher, 2004
  • Francis Gueth, « François Joseph Victor Huen », in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 17, p. 1690



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