Georges Rochegrosse
Georges- Antoine Rochegrosse (* 1859 in Versailles, † 1938 in Algeria) was a French painter.
Early in his career, he was primarily a history painter, was the encounter with dr Culture of Algeria, a painter of Orientalism. After the death of his wife in 1920, he became famous for his religious paintings. He is one of the last representatives of the Academic art.
Rochegrosse lived and worked in a house in Paris, which was also home to the Grand Guignol theater.
Training
His first art classes at Alfred Dehodencq in the Académie Julian, he attended together with Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. Later he attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux -arts de Paris.
He competed in the years 1880 and 1881 for the Prix de Rome. Later he received a scholarship to undertake a study tour.
Work as an illustrator
Rochegrosse illustrated the works of numerous writers, including Homer's Odyssey, the Satyricon of Titus Petronius, the Oresteia by Aeschylus, Victor Hugo's The Laughing Man and Les Misérables, Auguste Villiers de L' Isle- Adam Akëdysseril, Théophile Gautier Princesses, Gustave Flaubert Salammbô, Hérodias and La Tentation de saint Antoine and works of Anatole France.
Algeria
Rochegrosse traveled to Algeria in 1894 and settled with his wife Marie Leblond in 1900 in El Biar near Algiers. Every year he visited Paris in the summer, where he was part of the jury of the Salon des artistes français.
Rochegrosse was admired by Théodore de Banville and Conan Doyle and received numerous awards, including the Bronze Medal of the Universal Exhibition in 1889, the Order of Knights of the Legion of Honour in 1892, the Gold Medal of the Universal Exhibition in 1899 and the officer Legion of Honour, 1910.
As a professor at the Art Academy in Algiers he took influence on generations of Oriental artists, including Paul Nicolai, José Ortega, Alexandre Rigotard and Marcel Rousseay - Virlogeux.