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Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan (18 February 1802/03 – 29 September 1855) was a French Romantic painter of landscapes,
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and historical scenes.


Biography

He was born in
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. From an early age, he displayed an aptitude for drawing, and would often correct his classmates. Around the age of eighteen, he began to take painting lessons. When his father encouraged him to take up art as a profession, Camille hesitated because he wanted it to remain a pleasant pastime, not become a job. Soon, the lessons he felt forced to take caused him disgust and he took up the study of medicine. He got as far as the anatomy classes, which he found unappealing, and failed the examination. He then became a clerk in the
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, where his father worked, but this was also short-lived. He decided to return to painting, studying landscape and figure drawing with some local artists. Following their advice, he found a position in the studios of
Abel de Pujol Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Émile Lévy. He pain ...
at the
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.Brief biography
@ the
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One day, however, Pujol showed him a painting that he admired so much he despaired of ever being able to do as well and became discouraged enough to quit. It was only with great difficulty that his friends convinced him to continue. After leaving Pujol, he studied with Antoine Gros, who gave him very little encouragement, or even attention, but he remained with Gros for three years, perhaps because he was under less stress there. After competing for the
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, he decided to strike out on his own. At that time, he concentrated on landscape painting, which inspired him to take a trip to the
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. Many of his works are set there.


Later career

Upon his return to Paris, he held his first exhibit at the
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, eventually winning a gold medal there. Despite his bad experiences as a student, he became a teacher at the École himself. Among his best-known students were Charles-Théodore Frère,
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,
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,
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,
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and Marie-Élisabeth Blavot. Later, in the 1830s, he produced historical paintings inspired by the novels of
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and painted battle-scenes at
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. In 1841, he created decorations for the ceiling of the library at the
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. From 1843, he returned to landscape painting and lived in the
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for several years for health reasons, where he produced scenes of peasant life. He died in Paris in 1855. His brother Nestor was a writer and theatrical director.


Gallery

File:Lille PdBA roqueplan espion morris.JPG, ''The Death of the Spy, Morris'', 1827 File:Camille Roqueplan - View of a City at Night - 2015.586 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg, ''View of a City at Night'', 1831 File:Roqueplan.lion.in.love.wallace.coll.bbc.jpg, '' The Lion in Love'' (1836). Wallace Collection, London File:Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan - Van Dyck à Londres - PDUT1702 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris.jpg, '' Van Dyck in London'', 1837 File:Camille Joseph Étienne Roqueplan (1800-1855) - A Sentimental Conversation - P571 - The Wallace Collection.jpg, ''A Sentimental Conversation'', 1843 File:Roqueplan, Girl with flowers.jpg, Girl with Flowers (1843). Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg File:Camille Joseph Étienne Roqueplan (1800-1855) - Peasants of Béarn - P609 - The Wallace Collection.jpg, ''Peasants of Béarn'', 1846 File:Château de Chantilly, Camille Roqueplan, the valley of Fleury.JPG, ''Vue du Val-Fleury'' (between 1825 and 1848, Musée Condé,
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File:Camille Joseph Étienne Roqueplan (1800-1855) - Rousseau and Mlle. Galley Gathering Cherries - P612 - The Wallace Collection.jpg, ''Rousseau and Mademoiselle Galley Gathering Cherries'', 1851


References


Further reading

* Germain Hédiard, ''Camille Roqueplan'', L'Artiste (1893)


External links


My Daily Art Display (blog)
Detailed biographical information which may include original research.
ArtNet: more works by Roqueplan.

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Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rema ...
: ''Camille Roqueplan''. In: ''Histoire du romantisme''. G. Charpentier et Cie, libraires-editeures, 187

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