Jean ALAUX, called the Roman (Bordeaux 1786... - Lot 38 - Ader

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Jean ALAUX, called the Roman (Bordeaux 1786... - Lot 38 - Ader
Jean ALAUX, called the Roman (Bordeaux 1786 - Paris 1864) A Neapolitan fisherman Signed, localized and dated on the right " Alaux / Naples / 1834 39,5 x 27 cm Coming from a line of artists, Jean Alaux first trained in Bordeaux. He was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1807, where he frequented the studio of François-André Vincent and, from 1813 to 1815, that of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, two artists still steeped in neo-classicism. In 1815, Alaux won the Grand Prix de Rome with a subject in this vein: "Briséïs crying over the body of Patroclus in Achilles' tent". He spent five years at the Villa Medici, from 1816 to 1821, frequented Ingres and, with Michallon, set up his easel in the Roman countryside. After a brief stay in Paris, he returned to Rome for two years where he multiplied his studies of daily life scenes and traditional costumes. In 1824, he exhibited for the first time at the Salon. From then on, he obtained official commissions as a history painter, notably for the Louvre Palace and then the Palace of Versailles, because he was admired by Louis-Philippe who said of him: "Alaux paints and draws well? he is a colorist". This study is contemporary to these years of great activity and is distinguished from the rest of his production by its more intimate side. The artist does not have to respond to a program here, but freely devotes himself to the treatment of a subject he loves, delivering an image brushed with energy under a beautiful evening light. In 1992, the Prouté Gallery presented two studies of peasant women painted in oil on cardboard and annotated "Nettuno 10 decem 849" and "Tivoli 12 10bre 849". They show that the artist liked to treat throughout his career these subjects discovered in his formative years.
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