About Charles Le Roux
Lived 1814 – 1895 (aged 80). Charles Le Roux was a French painter, politician, visual artist and draftsperson.
Paysage près de Narbonne ("Landscape near Narbonne"), by Charles Le Roux. Marie-Guillaume Charles Le Roux (1814–1895) was a landscape painter of the Barbizon school. He was born and died in Nantes, and is noted for his paintings of the Loire and its surroundings.
He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and a friend of Théodore Rousseau and Gustave Dore. Having inherited a fortune, he did not have to sell his works.
Museums holding works by Le Roux include the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes. His painting Edge of the Woods; Cherry Trees in Autumn, which was painted in the last year (1895) of the artist's life, was exhibited in the Exposition Universelle of 1900, and is in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay.
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Who was Charles Le Roux?
French painter (1814-1895)
When was Charles Le Roux born?
Charles Le Roux was born on 25 April 1814 in Nantes.
When did Charles Le Roux die?
Charles Le Roux died on 27 February 1895 in Nantes.
What was Charles Le Roux's occupation?
Charles Le Roux was a painter, politician, visual artist and draftsperson.
What nationality was Charles Le Roux?
Charles Le Roux was French.
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