Antoine Roux
French painter
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Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, "Antoine Roux" (1765–1835) was a French fine art painter who specialised in maritime painting, sometimes referred to as marine art.
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| Born | Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux 1765 |
| Died | 1835 (aged 69–70) Marseille, France |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Movement | Marine art |
Career
Roux came from a family of artists and primarily worked in Marseille. Early in life he was apprenticed to his father, Joseph Roux (1752–93), a hydrographer as well as an artist in his own right, spending his leisure hours painting and drawing.[1][2] Antoine died of cholera in Marseille in 1835.[3]
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 Horace Vernet; and the third, François Geoffroy Roux (1811–1882), 'François', was appointed in 1876 as an official Peintre de la Marine.[1][3][4]
Museum collections
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- The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts holds a collection of Roux's works.
- The National Maritime Museum, (NMM), London, England.
- New York Public Library, USS President.[5]
- The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
- Musée National de la Marine in Paris, France
