Marcel Roux
Marcel Roux (September 11, 1878 – January 19, 1922) was a French painter and engraver. A devout Catholic, he often explored the decadence of turn-of-the-century life through images of its suffering. This includes his Danse Macabre portfolio of 15 etchings from 1904–05 that draws on the tradition of the dance of death.
Marcel Roux
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- Name
- Marcel Roux
- Born
- 11 September 1878
- Birthplace
- Bessenay, Rhône, France
- Died
- 19 January 1922 (aged 43)
- Place of death
- Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Languages
- French
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Marcel Roux was an etcher, born on 11 September 1878 in Bessenay (Rhône, France) and died on 19 January 1922 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, France).
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• Name — Marcel Roux • Born — 11 September 1878 • Birthplace — Bessenay, Rhône, France • Died — 19 January 1922 (aged 43) • Place of death — Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France
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1878
Marcel Roux was born in 1878 at Bessenay.
1922
Marcel Roux died in 1922 at Chartres.
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- 1.harvsp Bidon 1991 p=9 .
- 2.harvsp Bidon 1991 p=10 .
- 3.harvsp Bidon 1991 p=28 .
- 4.Colette Bidon, Catherine M. Memarian, Marcel Roux (1878-1922). Visions fantastiques : exposition février-mars 1991, Association des amis du musée de l'Imprimerie et de la Banque, 1991.
- 5.harvsp Bidon 1991 p=13 .
- 6.Félix Thiollier, « Paul Borel, peintre et graveur lyonnais 1828-1913 », in Lettres à Marcel Roux, Lyon, Éd. Lardanchet.
- 7.harvsp Bidon 1991 p=14 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Marcel Roux (1878-1922). Visions fantastiques. Association des amis du Musée de l'imprimerie et de la banque. 1991. 2-904269-12-6.
- Colette Bidon, « L'œuvre diabolique et apocalyptique de Marcel Roux (1878-1922) », Les Nouvelles de l’estampe, , mai-juin, 1989, .
- Colette Bidon, « La femme et la mort. Scène d’angoisse et visions de guerre sous la plume de Marcel Roux », Gryphe, , 2003, .
- Jean-Christophe Stuccilli, « À l’ombre des « Babylone du Nord : le Lyon noir de Marcel Roux (1878-1922) », Cahiers de l'Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS), , 2013, .
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Elsewhere in Prints
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- Marcel GromaireEngraver
- Marcel JancoEngraver
- Marcel JeanEngraver
- Marcel MariënEngraver
- Marcellin JobardEngraver
- Marcin WichaEngraver
- Marco BoschiniEngraver
- Marco CárdenasEngraver
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