Paul Delaroche was born on July 17, 1797[1], in Paris[2]. He died on November 4, 1856[3], in Paris[4]. He worked as a painter[5], photographer[6], illustrator[7], sculptor[8], and draftsperson[9]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,409 views/month, #7,089 of 1,000,298).[10]
Key Facts
Place of burial: Cimetière de Montmartre - Division 5[11]
Student: Jean-François Millet[16], Jean-Léon Gérôme[17], Jacques-Eugène Feyen[18], Victor Vilain[19], Eugène-Ferdinand Buttura[20], Jean-François Portaels[21], Auguste Anastasi[22], Auguste Gendron[23], Félix Hullin de Boischevalier[24], Henri-Pierre Picou[25], Laurent Détouche[26], Léopold Desbrosses[27], Charles-François Daubigny[28], Charles-Marie de Sarcus[29]
Notable work: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey[30], Bonaparte Crossing the Alps[31], Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers[32], The Assassination of the Duke of Guise[33]
Award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order[34], Officer of the Legion of Honour[35]
Member of: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[36], Académie des beaux-arts[37], Société de l’histoire de France[38], Accademia delle Arti del Disegno[39]
Paul Delaroche has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] He is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
He has been cited as an influence by Charles Gleyre[47], a painter[48], 1806–1874[49], of Switzerland[50] and Fritz Zuber-Buhler[51], a painter[52], 1822–1896[53], of Switzerland[54].
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