Hector Leroux

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Hector Leroux (born December 27, 1829 in Verdun , † November 11, 1900 in Angers ) was a French painter.

Leroux, brother of Eugène Leroux , devoted himself to painting at the École des Beaux-Arts and also under François-Édouard Picot , went to Rome in 1857 and then made major trips to Greece and Asia Minor.

He liked to portray scenes from ancient Greek and Roman life in a cool academic manner.

Works

  • A New Vestal Virgin (1863, Verdun Museum)
  • Funeral in the Columbarium of the House of the Caesars in Rome (1864)
  • Messalina (1868)
  • The Vestal Virgin Tuccia (1874, Washington Museum)
  • Funeral of Themistocles (1876)
  • The Danaids (1877)
  • The fall of Herculaneum (1881)

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personal data
SURNAME Leroux, Hector
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Verdun
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1900
Place of death Angers