Ange-Joseph-Antoine Roux (Marseille 1765-1835)

Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux was a French hydrographer and marine painter born in Marseille on March 6, 1765, and died in the same city on April 20, 1835.

From a Marseille dynasty of marine painters and hydrographers, Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux was the son of Joseph Roux (1725-1789), the king's hydrographer and marine painter, and Marie-Ursule Demolin.

He began working at a very early age in the family hydrographer's shop, located in the Old Port of Marseille, drawing the many ships that stayed in the port.

Later, he produced several reconstructions of naval battles as well as numerous ex-votos.

Antoine Roux has sometimes been considered the inventor of the “ship portrait” in France, influenced by the many English sailors present in the port of Marseille.

On April 27, 1790, in the Saint-Laurent church in Marseille, he married Rose Elisabeth Gabrielle Catelin, daughter of Gabriel Catelin, ship captain, and Marie Rose Abeille.

He was the father of five children, all of whom went on to paint portraits of ships.