François-Geoffroi Roux (Marseilles 1811-1882)

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FRANOIS-GEOFFROI ROUX (1811-1882) or FRANOIS ROUX The youngest of Antoine Roux's sons, François was nominated " Peintre Officiel de la Marine" in 1876. Working, as he did, for most of his life in the family workshop in Marseilles, his work is similar but, if anything, finished in even greater detail. To say that François ultimately came to surpass his father's work would be unfair, but his effortless handling of pigment, maturity of style and incomparable degree of skill give his watercolours a surety of hand capable of executing even the most ambitious works.

François-Geoffroi Roux (Marseilles 1811-1882)

The French frigate La Pomone in a heavy swell, with a Dutch frigate, an American brig and a local xebec all close at hand

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François-Geoffroi Roux (Marseilles 1811-1882)
The French frigate La Pomone in a heavy swell, with a Dutch frigate, an American brig and a local xebec all close at hand
signed, inscribed and dated 'F^c^oⁱ^s Roux Marseilles 1868' (lower right) and with insription 'La Pomone/Fregat de quarante-six canons, courant vent arriere/1806 [sic]' (on a label attached to the mount)
pen and brown ink and watercolour with scratching out, on paper
17½ x 22½ in. (44.4 x 57.2 cm.)

Provenance

Richard Wheatland, II.

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