Armand Laroche
Armand Laroche (1826 – 1903), also known as Amand Laroche, was a French painter, who specialized in portraits and genre painting.
Also recorded as Amand Laroche · Armand de La Roche
Armand Laroche

Armand Laroche · [1], [2], [3] · Public domain
- Name
- Armand Laroche
- Born
- 1826
- Died
- 1903
- Field
- Painter
- Training
- * École des beaux-arts de Versailles
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Languages
- French
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• Name — Armand Laroche • Born — 1826 • Died — 1903 • Field — Painter • Training — * École des beaux-arts de Versailles • École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts • Ferdinand Wachsmuth • Michel Martin Drolling
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Painted signature of the artist Born in Saint-Cyr-l'École (Seine-et-Oise). Arman Laroche was studying at École des beaux-arts de Versailles and École des beaux-arts de Paris, he was student of Ferdinand Wachsmuth and Michel Martin Drolling. He took part in the Paris Salon every year from 1846 up to 1903. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889), and an honourable mention at the Exposition Universelle (1900).
Works
Works
• Portrait of Sculptor Poitevin (1855), Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille • Portrait of a Young Woman (1872) • Blue Bird, featured at the Salon of 1882 • Portrait of L-F Schützenberger (1884) • Le Réveil, featured at the Salon in 1886 • Portrait of M. Lapostolet, featured at the Salon in 1887 • Portrait of Melle Lainé, Artist of the Odeon, featured at the salon in 1888 • La Rosée, featured at the Salon in 1889 • Baigneuse, featured at the Salon in 1892 • Female Nude by Pond With Water Lilies • Diana Bathing With the Nymphs
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Gallery
• Illustration — Female nude by pond with water lilies • Illustration — Portrait of young woman (1872) • Illustration — Portrait of L.-F. Schützenberger (1884) • Illustration — Diana Bathing with the Nymphs

'Portrait de 3/4 de jeune femme', Huile sur toile, signée et datée en bas à gauche 1872. 130x98cm.
Armand Laroche · [1]

'Diana Bathing with the Nymphs', oil on canvas, 22 x 18¼ in. (56 x 46.3 cm.)
Armand Laroche · [1]
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Saint-Cyr-l'École.
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