Jean Alphonse Roehn (January 31, 1799 – May 10, 1864) was a French painter and caricaturist.
Jean Alphonse Roehn | |
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| Born | January 31, 1799 |
| Died | May 10, 1864 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Alphonse Roehn, Alp. Roehn. fils |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | painting, drawing |
| Father | Adolphe Roehn |
His father was painter Adolphe Roehn. In 1813, Jean Alphonse went to study at the École des Beaux Arts, where he studied under Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Antoine-Jean Gros. He started exhibiting painting at the Salon in 1822, and in 1827, he won a second class medal. He was also a drawing teacher at the Louis-Legrand School.[1] His painting Le braconnier (The poacher) is in the collection of the Louvre.[2]
In addition to painting, he drew cartoons, including one lampooning the British as uncultured after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.[3] That cartoon and others are in the collection of the British Museum.[4]
Gallery
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Inhumation provisoire des victimes de Juillet devant la colonnade du Louvre -
Interior Scene -
Portrait d'élève Polytechnicien. -
Le Peintre et son modèle
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References
edit- ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3.
- ^ "Le braconnier". louvre.fr. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Frost, Jason D. (September 2018). "Myth and reality: a review of Bonaparte and the British prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon". National Identities. 20 (3): 231–233. Bibcode:2018NatId..20..231F. doi:10.1080/14608944.2016.1178686. S2CID 148122819.
- ^ "Alphonse Roehn". britishmuseum.org. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
External links
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