Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, "Antoine Roux" (1765–1835) was a French fine art

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

who specialised in maritime painting, sometimes referred to as

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Career

Roux came from a family of artists and primarily worked in

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. Early in life he was apprenticed to his father, Joseph Roux (1752–93), a

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as well as an artist in his own right, spending his leisure hours painting and drawing.The Sketchbooks of Antoine Roux
, Peabody Essex Museum, 2006.
French galley at Marseilles (PAG9744)
'', National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Antoine died of cholera in Marseille in 1835. All Antoine's four children followed in his artistic footsteps, with his three sons becoming known for their painting as well: Mathieu-Antoine Roux (1799-1872); François Joseph Frédéric Roux (1805–1870), 'Frédéric', was apprenticed to

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; and the third, François Geoffroy Roux (1811–1882), 'François', was appointed in 1876 as an official

Peintre de la Marine Peintre de la Marine (, ''Painter of the Fleet'') is a title awarded by the minister of Defence (France), minister of defence in France to artists who have devoted their talents to the sea, the French Navy and other maritime subjects. It was set up ...

.Meissonnier, p.10Cordingly, David, Ships and Seascapes: An Introduction to Maritime Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Philip Wilson, 2003, p. 155. .

Museum collections

*The

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holds a collection of Roux's works. *The

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, (NMM),

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. *New York Public Library, ''USS President''.Toll, Ian W., Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy, Frontispiece, 2006. . *The Mariners' Museum in

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Notes and references

References

Bibliography

*Bres, Louis, ''A Dynasty of Marine Painters: Antoine Roux and his Sons'' in Johnson, Alfred, (Transl.), Ships and Shipping: A Collection of Pictures Including Many American Vessels Painted by Antoine Roux and His Sons, Marine Research Society, Pub. Num. 9, Salem MA, 1925. *Marine Painters of Marseille, Including a Catalogue of the Roux Family Paintings, Peabody Museum, Salem MA, 1978. 73 p., 141 illus., 12 in color. * Jean Meissonnier, ''Voiliers de l'Époque romantique'', Edita Lausanne, 1991,

External links

Peabody Essex MuseumThe Mariners' MuseumNational Maritime Museum in London, England
1765 births 1835 deaths 18th-century French painters 19th-century French painters French male painters French marine artists 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists Painters from Marseille {{France-painter-18thC-stub