Arthur Henry Roberts

Arthur Henry Roberts

French, 1819-1900

“Marguerite”

Oil on canvas. Circa 1846

Sight: 50 × 37.5 inches

Frame:58" x 44.5" inches

Condition: Relined, in-painting visibly under UV light, small ¼ paint loss (see pictures)

This artwork was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1846. No. 1548. Source: Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts [no. 70-78] (1838-1846). (see picture)

Works in public collections

• Paris

  • Carnavalet Museum : The Tuileries and the Pont Royal, in 1843

  • Louvre Museum : Interior of Monsieur Sauvageot's study

  • Musée d'Orsay : At the Crystal Palace in London

• Boston

  • Museum of Fine Arts: The Port of Stones on the Quai d'Orsay

French painter of British origin, he was a genre and history painter, and he exhibited at the Salon from 1839 to 1867. He obtained a third-class medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855.

Vice-president of the Artists' Association, and raised in July 1898 to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor with a foreign title.

He died a bachelor at his home on Avenue de Tourville, aged 80. Buried on February 1, 1900, at the Montparnasse cemetery.

Source: fr. Wikipedia