Adolphe Roehn

Adolphe Roehn (March 5, 1780 – October 19, 1867) was a French painter, draughtsman, and lithographer.

Adolphe Roehn
Born	Adolphe Eugène Gabriel Roehn (1780-03-05)March 5, 1780 Paris, France
Died	October 19, 1867(1867-10-19) (aged 87) Malakoff, France
Nationality	French
Known for	painting, printmaking
Children	Jean Alphonse Roehn

Roehn exhibited his work in the Paris Salon from 1799 to 1866, winning a second class medal in 1819.^[1] Between 1802 and 1814, under the direction of Baron Vivant Denon, the director of the Louvre, he created a series of drawings illustrating Napoleon's campaigns in Italy.^[2] After the bloody Battle of Eylau in 1807, Vivant Denon held a propaganda contest requiring entrants depict a certain scene from the event. Roehn received a "gold medal of encouragement" (the winning entry was Napoléon on the Battlefield of Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros).^[3]

Like his son, Jean Alphonse Roehn, he taught drawing at the Louis-Legrand School.^[1]

Gallery

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  The Swearing in of President Boyer at the Palace of Haiti, ca. 1818, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
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  Country Fair
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  The Meeting of Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander I at Tilsit, 1808
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  Bivouac de Napoléon sur le champ de bataille de Wagram