André Giroux

André Giroux studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris, French Academy in Rome and École des Beaux-Arts. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by André Giroux is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fitzwilliam Museum. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

• Name — André Giroux • Born — 30 April 1801 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 18 November 1879 • Field — photography, painting • Training — École des Beaux-Arts • Awards — Prix de Rome en Paysage Historique (1825), Légion d'honneur (1870) André Giroux (April 30, 1801 – November 18, 1879) was a French photographer and painter. His paintings were mostly landscape art and genre painting, one of which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In particular, he restored several genre paintings of medieval ruins and troubadours. Giroux was also a well established art dealer and gave up painting to promote his business selling curiosities. Giroux's work is extensively discussed in Steven Adams' doctoral thesis from the University of Leeds in 2003.

Born in Paris, he was son to François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux, maker of camera equipment for Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. He attended École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1821, and was a student of Jacques-Louis David. He was also known for using the cliché-verre technique.