Adolphe Roehn

Adolphe Roehn (March 5, 1780 – October 19, 1867) was a French painter, draughtsman, and lithographer.

Adolphe Roehn
Born
Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn

(1780-03-05)March 5, 1780
Paris, France
DiedOctober 19, 1867(1867-10-19) (aged 87)
Malakoff, France
NationalityFrench
Known forpainting, printmaking
ChildrenJean Alphonse Roehn

Roehn exhibited his work in the Paris Salon from 1799 to 1866, winning a second class medal in 1819.[1] Between 1802 and 1814, under the direction of Baron Vivant Denon, the director of the Louvre, he created a series of drawings illustrating Napoleon's campaigns in Italy.[2] After the bloody Battle of Eylau in 1807, Vivant Denon held a propaganda contest requiring entrants depict a certain scene from the event. Roehn received a "gold medal of encouragement" (the winning entry was Napoléon on the Battlefield of Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros).[3]

Like his son, Jean Alphonse Roehn, he taught drawing at the Louis-Legrand School.[1]

  • Country Fair
  • Entrevue de Napoléon Ier et d'Alexandre Ier sur le Niemen
  • Bivouac de Napoléon sur le champ de bataille de Wagram

References
  1. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3.
  2. "Des soldats français délivrent l'évêque de Pavie assailli par les rebelles". louvre.fr. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. O'Brien, David (2003). "Propaganda and the Republic of the Arts in Antoine-Jean Gros's Napoléon Visiting the Battlefield of Eylau the Morning after the Battle". French Historical Studies. 26 (2): 292 – via EBSCO.

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