Paul Delaroche

French painter (1797-1856)

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Lived 1797–1856, aged 59France

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#136
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1797–1856
Aged 59

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Updated 2026-05-29

Delaroche painted history without the drama—stripping French and English royalty, religious figures, and contemporary subjects of their glory to show them as they were. His unflinching portraits made him a major 19th-century draw between Romanticism and Academic realism.

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Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche was a French painter known for his depiction of scenes 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. He did not consider popular ideals and norms in his creations, but rather painted all his subjects in the same light whether they were historical figures like Marie-Antoinette, figures of Christianity, o…

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