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Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (French pronunciation: [ipɔlit pɔl dəlaʁɔʃ]; Paris, 17 July 1797 – Paris, 4 November 1856) was a French painter who achieved his greater successes painting historical scenes.
Learn about Paul Delaroche, a leading figure of Academic Art and Romanticism in France. Explore his 36 artworks, including self-portrait, Execution of Lady Jane Grey, and Virgin Contemplating the Crown of Thorns.
- French
- July 17, 1797
- Paris, France
- November 4, 1856
Paul Delaroche (born July 17, 1797, Paris—died Nov. 4, 1859, Paris) was a painter whose painstakingly realistic historical subjects made him one of the most successful academic artists of mid-19th-century France.
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Learn about Paul Delaroche, a popular French painter of historical and religious scenes in the early 19th century. See his works, such as 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey', at the National Gallery in London.
Leading the Revival of Realism. DELAROCHE, HIPPOLYTE, commonly known as PAUL (1797—1856), French painter, was born in Paris on the 17th of July 1797. His father was an expert who had made a fortune, to some extent, by negotiating and cataloguing, buying and selling.
A student of Antoine-Jean Gros, Paul Delaroche became famous for his so-called "historical anecdote" paintings, which were part of the broader genre of history painting. He was thus elevated to the rank of "coryphée" of this genre by Heinrich Heine.
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