Eugène Leroux
Eugène Leroux (born September 28, 1833 in Paris , † January 1905 there ) was a French painter.
Leroux, a pupil of François-Édouard Picot , has made himself known as a genre painter , especially in the field of rural morality. He prefers to deal with Breton folk life, as in the picture in the Luxembourg Museum:
- The newborn (1864)
and in the painting:
- Before the funeral (1873).
Other pictures of him are:
- An old lover (1874),
- Ambulance during the siege of Paris (1875) and
- The letter of recommendation (1876).
His brother Hector Leroux was also a painter.
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| SURNAME | Leroux, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Le Roux, Eugène; Leroux, Louis Eugène; Le Roux, Louis Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1905 |
| Place of death | Paris |