Auguste Leroux, born in Paris, studied with Léon Bonnat. In 1894 he won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome. On his return to Paris after his sojourn of two years at the Villa Medicis, the French Academy in Rome, he pursued a successful career as a painter and illustrator. He was known as a painter of historical scenes, genre, landscapes, portraits, nudes, and still lifes. He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français and was elected to its membership in 1904. He also exhibited in the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 where he was awarded a bronze medal. He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. He was commissioned to design mosaics for the Basilica of Sacré Coeur which was being built in the 1890s in Monmartre.  

Leroux was much sought after as an illustrator and illustrated books by Balzac, Stendahl, Anatole France, and Alphonse Daudet. His works are found in a number of French museums, including the Centre Pompidou and the Musée Victor Hugo in Paris, and in museums in Dijon, Bayeux, and St. Omer. In 1955, a year after his death, a retrospective exhibition of his work was mounted at the Grand Palais in Paris.  

Reference: E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Gründ, Paris, 1999.--- Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne, Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la Peinture, 1820-1920, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1996.--- Wolpert, Martin & Winter, Jeffrey, Modern Figurative Paintings, The Paris Connection, Schiffer, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2004  

 

Auguste Leroux  1871-1954
Self-portrait
Oil on canvas
Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist
Canvas size: 15 X 11 inches
Frame size: 21 1/2 X 17 1/2 inches

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