Adolphe 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 Salon of 1799 to 1866, winning a second class medal at the Salon of 1819. 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.
Also recorded as Adolphe Eugene Gabriel Roehn · M. Roehn · adolf roehn · A. Roehn
Adolphe Roehn
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- Name
- Adolphe Roehn
- Birth Name
- Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn
- Born
- 5 March 1780
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 19 October 1867
- Place of death
- Malakoff, France
- Known for
- Painting, printmaking
- Full name
- Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Languages
- French.
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Adolphe Roehn (March 5, 1780 – October 19, 1867) was a French painter, draughtsman, and lithographer. Roehn exhibited his work in the Paris Salon from Salon of 1799 to 1866, winning a second class medal at the Salon of 1819. 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.
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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). Like his son, Jean Alphonse Roehn, he taught drawing at the Louis-Legrand School.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Adolphe Roehn is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, British Museum, Clark Art Institute, Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Palace of Versailles.
French Military Hospital at Marienburg. Etching by F. Schroerder, 1807, after Loeilott after A. Roehn., 1807, by Adolphe Roehn
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Key facts
• Name — Adolphe Roehn • Birth Name — Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn • Born — 5 March 1780 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 19 October 1867 • Place of death — Malakoff, France • Known for — Painting, printmaking • Children — Jean Alphonse Roehn
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• Illustration — The Swearing in of President Boyer at the Palace of Haiti, ca. 1818, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown • Illustration — Country Fair • Illustration — The Meeting of Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander I at Tilsit, 1808 • Illustration — Napoleon's Bivouac on the Battlefield of Wagram, 1810
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Adolphe Roehn was recorded at birth as Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn. The authorities additionally record the headings Adolphe Eugene Gabriel Roehn, M. Roehn, adolf roehn, A. Roehn and ad. Roehn. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Jean Alphonse Roehn.
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Adolphe Roehn is recorded with the occupation lithographer. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as painter and lithographer.
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1780
Adolphe Roehn was born on 5 March 1780.
1867
Adolphe Roehn died on 19 October 1867.
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- 1.Archives départementales des Hauts-de-Seine, commune de Vanves, année 1867, acte de décès , vue 47/61
- 2.Charles Gabet, Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au , Paris, 1831.
- 3.« ROEHN (Alphonse Eugène Gabriel) », Annuaire des artistes français, 1832, sur Gallica.
- 4.Philippe Grunchec, Le Grand Prix de peinture. Les concours des Prix de Rome de 1797 à 1863, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, 1983.
- 5.Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 3 décembre 1838, sur RetroNews.
- 6.Base Joconde 000PE005057 Entrevue de Napoléon Ier et d'Alexandre Ier sur le Niemen. 25 juin 1807 .
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