Alfred Philippe Roll

Alfred Philippe Roll, also Alfred Roll ( Paris , March 1st 1846 - there, October 27 1919 ) was a French painter.

Content

 * 1 Life and work
 * 2 Gallery
 * 3 Literature
 * 4 External link

Life and Work
Roll studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, under Jean-Léon Gérôme , Charles-François Daubigny and Léon Bonnat . During the Franco-Prussian War he served in the army.

The early work of Roll is characterized by a romantic style. He painted landscapes and mythological scenes. Success he had in the Parisian salon with The Feast of Silenius,now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent . Around 1880 he came under the influence of realism, more particularly of Gustave Courbet . Later we see influences ofimpressionism . In this period Roll chose his subjects mostly from everyday life, often with a social impact, such as the miners' strike in 1880. He also made ​​many official portraits and paintings commissioned by the French state, including the funeral of Victor Hugo .

Roll also made ​​his name as a muralist and made ​​among other decorations for the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. He was president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and taught at the Académie Julian . In 1919 he died, 73 years old.