military uniforms and artifacts. He bequeathed the collection to the Musée de l'Armée in Paris following his death in 1912 in Paris. Literary references Detaille appears as a guest at a party at the home of the Princesse de Guermante in Part Two: Chapter One of Marcel Proust's novel Cities of the Plain, where Detaille is referred to as "the creator of the Dream", his 1888 painting also known as Le Rêve which shows soldiers asleep on a battlefield dreaming of military glory. The painting, which is in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, also appears in Paintings in Proust by Eric Karpeles, published by Thames & Hudson. Family His niece married Charles Otzenberger, who subsequently called himself Otzenberger-Detaille. Gallery See also Academic art Military art Further reading Humbert, Jean. Édouard Detaille : l'héroïsme d'un siècle, Paris, Copernic, 1979. Masson, Frédéric. Edouard Detaille and his work, Paris, Boussod, Valadon and co., 1891. Duplessis, Georges. M. Édouard Detaille, Paris, J. Claye, 1874. References External links 1848 births 1912 deaths Painters from Paris Academic art 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French war artists Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century war artists French Army soldiers French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War Members of the Ligue de la patrie française Honorary Members of the Royal Academy Honorary Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 19th-century French male artists