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Paul Delaroche · 3e quart 19e siècle
Paul Delaroche: 1797–1856
Other names (8)
Delaroche, Hippolyte Delaroche, Hippolyte Paul Delaroche, Paul de Laroche, Paul De la Roche, Paul Hippolyte Delaroche, P. Delaroche, P. De la Roche
Biography
Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (French pronunciation: [ipɔlit pɔl dəlaʁɔʃ]; 17 July 1797 – 4 November 1856) was a French painter known for his depiction of scenes from English and French history. The emotions emphasised in Delaroche's paintings appeal to Romanticism while the detail of his work along with the deglorified portrayal of historic figures follow the trends of Academicism and Neoclassicism. Delaroche aimed to depict his subjects and history with pragmatic realism.
He did not consider popular ideals and norms in his creations, but rather painted all his subjects in the same light whether they were historical figures like Marie-Antoinette, figures of Christianity, or people of his time like Napoleon Bonaparte. Delaroche was a leading pupil of Antoine-Jean Gros and later mentored a number of notable artists such as Thomas Couture, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Jean-François Millet.
Delaroche was born into a generation that saw the stylistic conflicts between Romanticism and Davidian Classicism. Davidian Classicism was widely accepted and enjoyed by society so as a developing artist at the time of the introduction of Romanticism in Paris, Delaroche found his place between the two movements. Subjects from Delaroche's medieval and sixteenth and seventeenth-century history paintings appealed to Romantics while the accuracy of information along with the highly finished surfaces of his paintings appealed to Academics and Neoclassicism.
Delaroche's works completed in the early 1830s most reflected the position he took between the two movements and were admired by contemporary artists of the time—the Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833; National Gallery, London) was the most acclaimed of Delaroche's paintings in its day. Later in the 1830s, Delaroche exhibited the first of his major religious works. His change of subject and "the painting's austere manner" were ill-received by critics and after 1837, he stopped exhibiting his work altogether.
At the time of his death in 1856, he was painting a series of four scenes from the Life of the Virgin. Only one work from this series was completed: the Virgin Contemplating the Crown of Thorns.
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- Louis Etienne Wateleteditorial inference
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- Antoine-Jean Groseditorial inference
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- Charles-François Daubignyeditorial inference
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- Jean-François Milleteditorial inference
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- Jean-Léon Gérômeeditorial inference
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- Thomas Coutureeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Paul Delaroche. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Nantes15 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre9 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art4 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 recorded works
- musée Condé — Chantilly2 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon2 recorded works
- musée Fabre — Montpellier2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- Musée Carnavalet1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Nîmes1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Orléans1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Rouen1 recorded work
- musée du vieux Toulouse — Toulouse1 recorded work
- musée national Magnin — Dijon1 recorded work
- Wallace Collection1 recorded work