André Giroux (April 30, 1801 – November 18, 1879) was a French photographer and painter. His paintings were mostly landscape art and genre painting, one of which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In particular, he restored several genre paintings of …

André Giroux was born in Paris in 1801. He had begun his studies with his father, a minor history painter, and made his debut at the Salon of 1819 when only eighteen years old. His earliest exhibits were urban genre scenes, but starting in 1822 he …

2024年1月18日 · André Giroux was the son of the man who made the camera equipment for the inventor of photography, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. With this auspicious birthright, Giroux moved easily from a successful career in painting to photography, maintaining a painterly eye and style in his photographic work.

André Giroux. Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana, 1825/1830. West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 92

By the time the Paris-based painter André Giroux won the Prix de Rome for historical landscape painting in 1825, he had already been exhibiting his composed, classical landscapes at the Salon for several years.

André Giroux (painter) French, 1801 - 1879. This image is in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images . Giroux first studied painting under his father in his native Paris, and began to exhibit landscapes at the Salon in 1819. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1821 and won the Prix de Rome for historical landscape in 1825.

André Giroux was a renowned French photographer and painter. His paintings were mostly landscape art and genre painting, one of which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In particular,...

Andre Giroux died in Paris on Nov. 18, 1878. He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of photography. Andre Giroux was a 19th century photographer who made a lasting impression on the art of photography. Keep reading to learn more about Andre Giroux.

André Giroux was a renowned French photographer and painter. His paintings were mostly landscape art and genre painting, one of which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In particular, he restored several genre paintings of medieval ruins and troubadours.

Giroux, recipient of the Prix de Rome for historical landscape painting in 1825, positioned himself with his back to the Colosseum to paint this section of the first-century Claudian Aqueduct, which once conveyed water to the Palatine Hill.