Alphonse Roubichou

Alphonse Roubichou (1861 – 1938) was a French painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Biography A native of Ariège (department), Alphonse Pierre Roubichou was born on October 30, 1861, the son of Justin Roubichou, a carpenter in Pamiers, and Anne Vergé.

Alphonse Roubichou studied painting under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin-Constant and became a landscape and still-life painter.

Created by Léon Deschamps, it was featured in February 1894 at the first exhibition of the Salon des Cent, an art show with no jury or prizes.

Deeply connected to his homeland, he painted Joseph Lakanal house in Serres-sur-Arget and various other works related to the village, as well as numerous landscapes such as Stream in the Woods.

Peintre prolifique à Paris, il exposa aux Salon d'Automne de 1903 à 1905, puis à nouveau en 1911. Au Salon de 1903, il avait son atelier au 18bis de l'Impasse du Maine (aujourd'hui rue Antoine-Bourdelle) et exposa deux tableaux intitulés Grange de Gogibus (Matin) et Les Peupliers à Orthelon. Il peignait son environnement parisien, comme Impasse du Maine, Paris, et des scènes de la Seine, telles que La Seine et l’île Saint-Louis, Le Bateau-lavoir et Quai de la Seine.

Alphonse Roubichou exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, of which he became a member in 1893, at the Grand Palais on the Champs-Élysées. He was awarded bronze and silver medals in 1924 and 1925, respectively.

He participated in the Olympic Games of Art in Amsterdam in 1928 with Aviron sur jardin des Tuileries.

He never married and died on April 13, 1938, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.