Jean Alaux

Jean Alaux ( born January 15, 1786 in Bordeaux, † March 2, 1864 in Paris) was a French painter. His longtime residence in Rome earned him the nickname of le Romain ( " Roman ").

Alaux was the son of a painter who also trained him; two of his brothers worked as a painter. Alaux made ​​off with numerous, mostly historical oil and frescoes early a name, which earned him a good job. In Rome, he maintained close ties to Jean -Auguste -Dominique Ingres; both portrayed each other. In 1827 he married Françoise- Virginie Liégeois and in 1830 a daughter, who died in 1843. 1841 Alaux was appointed an Officer of the Legion of Honour. 1847-1851 he was director of the French Academy in Rome.

Many of his works hang today in the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre, another in Bordeaux, Dijon and the National Museum of Pau Castle. For oil painting Alaux 's dollars will be paid up to 158,000.