Detaille在一个繁荣的军人家庭中长大的皮卡 ; 他的祖父曾是拿破仑的武器供应商。一个业余的艺术家谁是朋友与一些收藏家和画家，包括霍勒斯·韦尔内，Detaille的父亲鼓励儿子的艺术活动。他开始了他17岁的艺术研究的著名画家军在让-路易·欧内斯特Meissonier ; 他原先找他索要的介绍著名的亚历山大Cabanel但Meissonier决定教Detaille自己。Meissonier成了他的风格有很大的影响，这是谁，他灌输在Detaille准确度和精密度的升值。
Detaille做他的首演作为在一个艺术家沙龙的的官方-the艺术展法兰西艺术院 -of 1867年Meissonier的工作室的一幅画。[2]在1868年的沙龙，他表现出他的第一次军事绘画，鼓手暂停，这是完全基于自己的想象法国大革命。随着养神在钻，营盘街圣莫尔，这是他首次亮相，次年Detaille建立了他的声誉，作为一个画家。[3]在1870年的春天，他在“写生之旅”赴阿尔及利亚与其他三位年轻的画家，艾蒂安-繁荣伯尔尼白莱果广场，亚历山大·路易斯Leloir和若望乔治·维贝尔。

Detaille在第八移动入伍巴塔永法国军队在普法战争于1870年爆发; 由11月，他被看到和经历战争的现实。这种经历让他产生了著名的肖像画的士兵和军队的历史上是准确描绘演习，制服，和一般的军队生活。他最终成为正式画家的战斗。他出版了一本名为L'的Armée法语在1885年，其中包含超过300线图和他的作品的颜色20的复制品。

Detaille是第一个艺人，从购买照片之一欧仁ATGET。

Detaille grew up in a prosperous military family; his grandfather was Napoleon's weapons supplier. An amateur artist who is friends with some collectors and painters, including Horace Werner, Detaille's father encouraged his son's artistic activities. He began his 17 year old art study of the famous painter of the army in Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier; he was originally looking for him to ask for the introduction of the famous Cabanel but Meissonier decided to teach Detaille himself. Meissonier became a great influence on his style, and it was he who instilled in Detaille the accuracy and precision of the appreciation.
Detaille made his debut as an artist in a painting salon official -the art exhibition -of 1867 Meissonier France Art studio. [2] in the salon of 1868, he showed his first military painting, the drummer paused, which was based entirely on his own imagination of the French revolution. With the repose in the drill, Camp Street ste. This is his debut, the following year, Detaille established his reputation as a painter. [3] in the spring of 1870, he went to Algeria with three other young artists in the "sketch" tour, Etienne Bern prosperous place Bellecour, Alexander Luis Leloir and John George Weibel.
Detaille in the eighth mobile army Batallon French army in the Franco Prussian War broke out in 1870; by November, he was to see and experience the realities of war. This experience allowed him to produce a famous portrait of the soldiers and the army in the history of an accurate depiction of exercises, uniforms, and general military life. He eventually became the official painter of the battle. He published a book called L'Arm E in French in 1885, a copy of which contains more than 300 line drawings and his works of color 20.
Detaille is the first artist to buy one of the photos from Oren ATGET.