Adolphe Roehn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn March 5, 1780 |
| Died | October 19, 1867 (aged 87) Malakoff, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | painting, printmaking |
| Children | Jean Alphonse Roehn |
Adolphe Roehn (March 5, 1780 – October 19, 1867) was a French painter, draughtsman, and lithographer.
Roehn exhibited his work in the Paris Salon from 1799 to 1866, winning a second class medal in 1819.[1] Between 1802 and 1814, under the direction of Baron Vivant Denon, the director of the Louvre, he created a series of drawings illustrating Napoleon's campaigns in Italy.[2] After the bloody Battle of Eylau in 1807, Vivant Denon held a propaganda contest requiring entrants depict a certain scene from the event. Roehn received a "gold medal of encouragement" (the winning entry was Napoléon on the Battlefield of Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros).[3]
Like his son, Jean Alphonse Roehn, he taught drawing at the Louis-Legrand School.[1]
Gallery
The Swearing in of President Boyer at the Palace of Haiti, ca. 1818, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Country Fair
Entrevue de Napoléon Ier et d'Alexandre Ier sur le Niemen
Bivouac de Napoléon sur le champ de bataille de Wagram
References
- 1 2 Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3.
- ↑ "Des soldats français délivrent l'évêque de Pavie assailli par les rebelles". louvre.fr. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ↑ O'Brien, David (2003). "Propaganda and the Republic of the Arts in Antoine-Jean Gros's Napoléon Visiting the Battlefield of Eylau the Morning after the Battle". French Historical Studies. 26 (2): 292. doi:10.1215/00161071-26-2-281. S2CID 159512717 – via EBSCO.
External links
- Roehn's works in the Louvre
- Roehn's works in the British Museum
Media related to Adolphe Roehn at Wikimedia Commons