Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, "Antoine Roux" (1765–1835) was a French fine art
painter who specialised in
maritime painting, sometimes referred to as
marine art.
Career
Roux came from a
family of artists and primarily worked in
Marseille. Early in life he was apprenticed to his father,
Joseph Roux (1752–93), a
hydrographer as well as an artist in his own right, spending his leisure hours painting and drawing.[1][2] Antoine died of cholera in Marseille in 1835.[3]
All Antoine's four children followed in his artistic footsteps, with his three sons becoming known for their painting as well: Mathieu-Antoine Roux (1799-1872); François Joseph Frédéric Roux (1805–1870), 'Frédéric', was apprenticed to
Horace Vernet; and the third, François Geoffroy Roux (1811–1882), 'François', was appointed in 1876 as an official
Peintre de la Marine.[1][3][4]
Museum collections
Antoine Roux, Jean-Baptiste du Havre in Marseille harbour, watercolor, Marseille Naval Museum
^Cordingly, David, Ships and Seascapes: An Introduction to Maritime Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Philip Wilson, 2003, p. 155.
ISBN978-0-85667-484-6.
^Toll, Ian W., Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy, Frontispiece, 2006.
ISBN978-0-393-33032-8.
Bibliography
Bres, Louis, A Dynasty of Marine Painters: Antoine Roux and his Sons in Johnson, Alfred, (Transl.), Ships and Shipping: A Collection of Pictures Including Many American Vessels Painted by Antoine Roux and His Sons, Marine Research Society, Pub. Num. 9, Salem MA, 1925.
Marine Painters of Marseille, Including a Catalogue of the Roux Family Paintings, Peabody Museum, Salem MA, 1978. 73 p., 141 illus., 12 in color.
Jean Meissonnier, Voiliers de l'Époque romantique, Edita Lausanne, 1991,
ISBN2-88001-273-2