Paul Delaroche

(1797–1856) French painter (1797-1856)

Paul Delaroche (France, 1797–1856) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a draughtsman, and a photographer. By year of birth, Paul Delaroche belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Paul Delaroche was born in Paris and died in Paris. Paul Delaroche trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Louis Etienne Watelet and Antoine-Jean Gros. Paul Delaroche worked in Paris. Paul Delaroche became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Académie des beaux-arts, and Société de l'histoire de France. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Jean-François Millet, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jacques-Eugène Feyen, and Victor Vilain.

The best-known works include ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’, ‘Bonaparte Crossing the Alps’, ‘Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers’, and ‘The Assassination of the Duke of Guise’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 66 works by Paul Delaroche with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1900. Works by Paul Delaroche are held by several collections, among them Wallace Collection, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, and Eremitaget.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Carl Rottmann, Franz Krüger, Cornelis Kruseman, Ernst Meyer, and Joseph-Désiré Court.

• Romanticism
• The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
• Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
• The Young Martyr
• The Children of Edward
• Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau
• Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers