Antoine Roux

For the cricketer, see Anton Roux.

Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, "Antoine Roux" (1765–1835) was a French fine art painter who specialised in maritime painting, sometimes referred to as marine art.

Antoine Roux
Born	Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux 1765 Marseille, France
Died	1835 (aged 69–70) Marseille, France
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting, drawing
Movement	Marine art

Career

Roux came from a family of artists and primarily worked in Marseille. Early in life he was apprenticed to his father, Joseph Roux (1752–93), a hydrographer as well as an artist in his own right, spending his leisure hours painting and drawing.^[1][2] Antoine died of cholera in Marseille in 1835.^[3]

All Antoine's four children followed in his artistic footsteps, with his three sons becoming known for their painting as well: Mathieu-Antoine Roux (1799-1872); François Joseph Frédéric Roux (1805–1870), 'Frédéric', was apprenticed to Horace Vernet; and the third, François Geoffroy Roux (1811–1882), 'François', was appointed in 1876 as an official Peintre de la Marine.^[1][3][4]

Museum collections

Antoine Roux, Jean-Baptiste du Havre in Marseille harbour, watercolor, Marseille Naval Museum

• The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts holds a collection of Roux's works.
• The National Maritime Museum, (NMM), London, England.
• New York Public Library, USS President.^[5]
• The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
• Musée National de la Marine in Paris, France