Marcel Roux

Marcel Roux
Self-portrait, c. 1920
Born11 September 1878
Bessenay, Rhône, France
Died19 January 1922 (aged 43)
Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Marcel Roux (September 11, 1878 – January 19, 1922) was a French painter and engraver.[1][2]

A devout Catholic, he often explored the decadence of turn-of-the-century life through images of its suffering. This includes his Danse Macabre portfolio of 15 etchings from 1904-05 that draws on the tradition of the dance of death.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vitacca 2021.
  2. ^ Benezit.
  3. ^ "Marcel Roux | Dance of Death". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

Sources

  • Davenport, Nancy (1999). "Marcel Roux graveur. L'emprise du péché dans la France fin de siècle". Nouvelles de l'Estampe (164). Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.
  • Vitacca, Sara (2021). "Roux, Marcel (1878)". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (online ed.). New York: K. G. Saur; De Gruyter.
  • "Roux, Marcel". Benezit Dictionary of Artists (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00157122.