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Artist:	Roux, Antoine Joseph-Ange (French, 1765 -1835) - Watercolors
Place:	Lived and worked in Marseilles, France.
Motifs:	Ship Portraits of sailing vessels
Prices:	Offers are starting at 1.300 Euro (Continental Europe) or US$ 1,200 (USA). Prices depend on subject, size, date, quality and condition. Please send us an e-mail to receive an exact offer for your work by this artist (free of charge for persons considering to sell their painting).
Notes:	The son of Joseph R. and the leading artist of this family of marine artists. Marseille harbor is often shown in the background, but he also enriched his compositions with other motifs around or behind the depicted ship. One of his traits is a red touch used in the vessel´s sails. Beware of fakes ore wrongly attributed watercolours, he did not always sign his works. Information about the artist and his oeuvre can also be found in our book "Ship Portrait Artists".
Contact:	The FineArtEmporium is interested in the direct purchase of fine works by Antoine Roux and can pay a good price. Please refer to our page "Contact" and send an e-mail to bais@gmx.de with the information requested there. You will receive an answer usually within 48-72 hours (up to a week in rare cases).

Examples of pictures by Antoine Roux:

Roux, Antoine Joseph-Ange Known works in Private Collections and in the Art Trade - Fine Art Emporium World Register of Ship Portraits

*Aimable Pauline*of Mauritius 1819 – The Brig under full sail at sea with Marseilles in the distance – 41 x 58 cm – signed, inscribed and dated

Ship Portrait of the British full-rigged Ship: *Arion*, 1828 – The vessel under full sail in the Mediterranean (near Marseilles) with local sailing vessels in the background – Watercolor, heightened with white – 43 x 57 cm (17 x 22 1/2 in.) – signed and dated "Ant. Roux, 1828" and incribed with the ship`s name – fair condition (laid down on cardboard, faded, smaller tears at the edges, inpaint), 19th Century gold frame - Private Collection

Note: Antoine Roux (pere) from Marseilles (Southern France) is a well known ship portrait artist who worked in Watercolor. Especially American Museums holds a large number of his works and there has been written extensively about him and his sons, who continued the workshop. Since he is so well known, there are appearing regularly fakes of his works on the market. Please note that there are reflections from the glass on the image and that it a little bit larger than the part shown on this picture. Click on the image or here to see a larger illustration. Photo Copyright is with the FineArtEmporium.

*Boxer* – Portrait of the American Brig – 41 x 56 cm – signed - American Collection

*Confiance* Commande par le Capitaine Bergerot 1827 – Portrait of the French sailing vessel – 43 x 56 cm – signed, dated and inscribed

*Esperance* Cap^ne Ls.Pre. Guijot, allant a Buenos Ayres 1819 – French Brig – 43 x 60 cm – signed, dated and inscribed

*Jean Andre* Commande par le Capitaine Honore Durbec 1827 – French three–masted sailing vessel – 44 x 56 cm – signed and dated

*Jean Andre* 1827 – French three–masted sailing leaving the port of Marseilles – 42 x 54 cm – signed and dated - Private Collection France

*La Favorite* Capitaine Charles Baret 1808 – The French Topsail–Schooner under full sail off a coastline – 41 x 56 cm – signed, dated and inscribed – in good condition– Private Collection Peter Tamm, Hamburg, Germany

*La Francoise* Cap.^ne Hre Gautier 1821 – The French full–rigged Ship off Marseilles – 43 x 59 cm – signed, inscribed and dated

*La Mere de Famille du Havre* 1813 – The French full–rigged Ship under the Danish ensign at sea with other shipping in the fore and background – 42 x 66 cm – signed, further inscribed and dated 1813

*La Precieuse* 1803 – The French Brig at sea – 41 x 60 cm – signed and dated - Private Collection France

*Corsaire *Le Coureur* Com. de par Cap^ne Michel Pitalugue en 1797 – ou an 5.me dela Republique – French three–masted sailing vessel – 35 x 51 cm – signed, inscribed and dated - Private European Collection

*Brig *Le Duc d´Angouleme* Cap^ne Audran 1818 – The French Brig off Marseilles – 37 x 57 cm – signed, inscribed and dated

*Le Theodore* – French sailing vessel of St. Malo – 44 x 58 cm – signed and inscribed

*Les Trois Monts Rouge* – The French Corsaire (Armed Cutter) captures the English Brig "MENTOR" in 30^th November 1811 at sea – 40 x 52 cm – signed, further inscribed and dated 1814 – in the same (Keller) collection was another version of this incident

* Les Trois Monts Rouge* Capitaine Ch. Bertrand 1815 – The French Cutter under the white ensign off Marseilles – 41 x 55 cm – signed, dated and inscribed – in good condition– Private Collection Peter Tamm, Hamburg, Germany

*Les Trois Soeurs* Capitaine Bertrandon Pere – The French Brig off Marseilles – 44 x 60 cm – signed and inscribed - Private Collection France

*Le Vigilant* Capitaine Dupuis 1821 – French Frigate with 18 canons – 35 x 52 cm – signed, dated and inscribed - Private Collection France

*Loyal* Vaisseau de 450 tonneaux – Portrait of the French sailing vessel – 46 x 60 cm – signed and inscribed - Private Collection France

*Princess Charlotte* 1820 – The British Brig under sail off Marseilles with other shipping in the background – 44 x 58 cm – signed "Ante. Roux", inscribed "Marseilles" and dated - European Collection

*St. Elizabeth* Capitaine Jacques Enrico 1815 – The French full–rigged ship under sail off a coastline – 44 x 60 cm – signed, dated and inscribed – in good condition – Private Collection Peter Tamm, Hamburg, Germany

*Thetis* 1807 – The Danish Sailing Vessel arriving at Marseilles – 44 x 62 cm – signed and dated - Private Collection Denmark

*(H.M. Ship) Trusty* – The English Two–decker Fourth Rate of 50 guns shown as a portrait – 51 x 70 cm – signed, further inscribed and dated 1820

*Zelima* Commande par le Capitaine Albrand 1834 – Portrait of the French sailing vessel – 44 x 57 cm – signed, dated and inscribed - French Collection

*Unidentified* 1820 – An Algiers Frigate at sea with other shipping in the background off a coastline – 56 x 85 cm – signed and dated 1820

*Unidentified* Trois Mats Americain, au depart de Marseille 1818 – An American full–rigged ship leaving Marseilles – 40 x 53 cm – signed, dated and inscribed - Private Collection France

Please note, that we have no photos or additional information about the above ship(s) or painting(s). The paintings are only shown as examples of works by the artist and are NOT for sale. If you are interested to check paintings available for purchase please refer to our For Sale Category. Thank you