Jean Alaux
(1786–1864) fransk målare
Jean Alaux (France, 1786–1864) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean Alaux belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean Alaux was born in Bordeaux and died in quai de Conti. Jean Alaux trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Pierre Lacour the Elder and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Jean Alaux worked in Paris and Rome. Jean Alaux became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome. The students included Charles Marionneau.
The best-known works include ‘Battle of Denain, 24 July 1712’, ‘Battle of Villaviciosa, December 10, 1710’, and ‘The storming of Valenciennes’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 11 works by Jean Alaux with free images. The dated works span the years 1815–1847. Works by Jean Alaux are held by several collections, among them Musée de l'Histoire de France, Museum Ingres Bourdelle, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, Otto Magnus Stackelberg, Franz Kadlik, Bengt Erland Fogelberg, and Siegfried Detlev Bendixen.