Guillaume-Joseph Roques

Guillaume-Joseph Roques (1757–1847) was a French neoclassical and romantic painter. He taught at the Royal Academy of Arts in

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where

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was among his pupils. He was a prolific artist and one of the most notable exponents of

neoclassicism Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...

outside of the centre of the movement in

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, though later in life he tended towards

romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

. His most notable paintings include a copy of

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

's ''

The Death of Marat ''The Death of Marat'' (french: La Mort de Marat or ''Marat Assassiné'') is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the artist's friend and murdered French revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat. One of the most famous images from the e ...

'' (1793) and a series of works covering the life of the

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, painted from 1810 to 1820 for the choir of the church of Notre-Dame de la Daurade in Toulouse. File:Joseph Roques - La mort de Marat - 1793.jpg, ''The Death of Marat'' by Guillaume-Joseph Roques, 1793; note the knife lying on the floor at lower left File:Musée du Vieux Toulouse - L'intérieur de la chapelle de l'Inquisition - Joseph Roques - 1822 Inv.87.6.2.jpg, ''L'intérieur de la chapelle de l'Inquisition, 1822'' Musée du Vieux Toulouse File:Musée du Vieux Toulouse - La mission de 1819 dans la cathédrale Saint-Etienne - Joseph Roques - 1819 Inv.87.6.1.jpg, ''La mission de 1819 dans la cathédrale Saint-Etienne'' Musée du Vieux Toulouse File:Joseph_Roques_-_Bergers_de_la_vallee_de_Campan_-_1835.png, ''Bergers de la vallée de Campan,'' 1835. File:Joseph_Roques_-_Nativite_de_la_Vierge_-_1810.jpg, ''Nativite de la Vierge'', 1810. This painting is the preparatory sketch for the painting in Notre-Dame de la Daurade. Angels at the top partially restored. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roques, Guillaume-Joseph 1757 births 1847 deaths French neoclassical painters French romantic painters 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists