Jean Alphonse Roehn
La couronne de fleurs, dated 1840; Jean Alphonse Roehn delivers a delicate, feminine painting of great pictorial finesse.
Oil on canvas
Signed Roehn fils and dated 1840 lower left, on the edge of the bench.
Dimensions: 40.5 x 32.5 cm
With frame: 63.5 x 57 cm
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Symbolism of the wreath
An elegantly dressed young woman sits on a stone bench in a park. A woman behind her places a crown of fresh flowers in her hair, in colors matching her pink and beige satin gown.
Flower chapels are not only aesthetic or perfumed objects that enhance the grace of those who wear them around their heads, they can also carry hidden meanings. She can celebrate spring. This symbol of the rebirth of nature .
It also plays an important role in the game of love. Girls and young women have always worn the crown as a symbol of purity and fertility. The touching simplicity of the wreath still captivates with its delicacy and poetry.
A feminine, refined painting of great delicacy
Grace, delicacy, subtlety, refinement: the charm is in this painting.The satin of the dresses shimmers in the lovely light, illuminating the faces. The work testifies to technical mastery, notably in the rendering of fabrics, the delicacy of the faces and the foliage of the trees. The background is equally well crafted, with the two women in a beautiful wooded park, decorated with sculptures, a fountain, flowers…
Biography
Son of painter Adolphe Roehn, Jean-Alphonse Roehn entered the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris at an early age and became a pupil of Baron Gros and Jean-Baptiste Regnault.
He exhibited regularly at the Salon, where he won a gold medal in 1827, specializing in genre scenes inspired by the Dutch Golden Age.
Robert Lefèvre painted his portrait (Château de Versailles).
Museums
– Paris, Musée d’Orsay: Le Braconnier, 1834,
– Dijon, Musée Magnin: La Leçon de dessin, c. 1827
– Rouen, Musée des beaux-arts: Le Bâton de vieillesse, c. 1852,
– Strasbourg, Musée des beaux-arts: Le Peintre et son modèle.
– Versailles, château de Versailles: Le Joyeux Voisin.
– Tarbes, musée Massey: Boissy d’Anglas presiding over the Convention meeting of 1st Prairial, An III, salutes the head of Feraud, deputy for Hautes-Pyrénées.
Source
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Alphonse_Roehn
