Auguste Leroux
| Jules Marie Auguste Leroux | |
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Auguste Leroux in his studio (1903)
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| Born |
14 April 1871 Paris |
| Died | 26 March 1954 (aged 82) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Painter |
Jules Marie Auguste Leroux (14 April 1871 - 26 March 1954) was a French painter and illustrator. His younger brother Georges Paul Leroux (3 August 1877 - 16 February 1957) was also a brilliant artist who won the Prix de Rome in painting in 1906 and was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.
Jules Marie Auguste Leroux was born in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris on 14 April 1871, during the Commune. His father, Gustav Ferdinand Leroux, was a publisher of prints established at 43 rue Saint-André-des-Arts. The family had its roots in the neighborhood of Coutances (Manche), in the village of Trelly.
As a young man he entered the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs where he studied drawing of nudes from models and after academics. He was forced work on fashion drawings and illustrations for children. In 1892 he was then admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts on the Rue Bonaparte, where he studied in the studio of Léon Bonnat (1833-1922).
He won many successes including the 3rd drawing Medal in January 1892, the 2nd Medal in July and the 2nd Medal in November of that year. He did his military service with the 46th Infantry at Fontainebleau. Back in Paris in September 1893, he won the prize for figure drawing in November 1893 and the prize for torso in March 1894. He remained with the school until he was aged 23. He won the first Grand Prix de Rome in June 1894 with Judith presenting the Head of Holofernes to the people of Bethulia. (Table preserved at the National School of Fine Arts of Paris).
He left for Italy for three years of study at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1895 to 1898, accompanied by the painter Adolphe Déchenaud and musician Henri Rabaud. At the villa, he met the musician Henri Busser, with whom he befriended and whose portrait he painted. He exhibited at the Salon of French artists from the beginning of the year 1898. He earned a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900.
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