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Paul Delaroche

1797 - 1856

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Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (French pronunciation: [ipɔlit pɔl dəlaʁɔʃ]; Paris, 17 July 1797 – Paris, 4 November 1856) was a French painter who achieved his greater successes painting historical scenes. He became famous in Europe for his melodramatic depictions that often portrayed subjects from English and French history. The emotions emphasised in Delaroche's paintings appeal to Romanticism while the detail of his work along with the deglorified portrayal of historic figures follow the trends of Academicism and Neoclassicism. Delaroche aimed to depict his subjects and history with pragmatic realism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Delaroche is the 167th most popular painter (up from 278th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from France (up from 899th in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Painter.

Paul Delaroche is most famous for his painting "The Execution of Lady Jane Grey" which depicts the execution of Lady Jane Grey.

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Among painters, Paul Delaroche ranks 167 out of 2,023. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Fernando Botero, Carl Larsson, Jan Matejko, Emil Nolde, and Otto Dix. After him are Umberto Boccioni, Jacob Jordaens, Tamara de Lempicka, Theo van Gogh, Maurice de Vlaminck, and James Ensor.

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Among people born in 1797, Paul Delaroche ranks 11. Before him are Mary Shelley, Adolphe Thiers, Hiroshige, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Ghalib, and Joseph Henry. After him are Charles Lyell, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Among people deceased in 1856, Paul Delaroche ranks 7. Before him are Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine, Amedeo Avogadro, Max Stirner, Nikolai Lobachevsky, and Adolphe Adam. After him are John Ross, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Delaroche ranks 556 out of 6,770. Before him are Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), Léon Blum (1872), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), Maurice Béjart (1927), and Françoise Sagan (1935). After him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), André Maurois (1885), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Paul Delaroche ranks 47. Before him are Jean Fouquet (1420), Fernand Léger (1881), Robert Delaunay (1885), Robert Campin (1375), Frédéric Bazille (1841), and Théodore Rousseau (1812). After him are Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Aristide Maillol (1861), and Maurice Utrillo (1883).

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