Armand Montjoye

Armand Montjoye, real name Jules Joseph Montjoye, (Paris, 8 February 1816 – Paris, 13 January 1871) was a 19th-century French painter and playwright.

Biography

A son of the dancer Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (1789 – 1865), a student of Jean-Dominique Ingres at the École des Beaux-Arts (1832), [1] he first began to paint and exhibited a portrait of his father at the 1835 Salon. In 1839 he realised Jésus tenté par le diable and in 1842 an Autoportrait. These paintings are preserved at the national museum of the Château de Versailles [2] He then embarked into the Theatre (1843).[3]

His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

Plays

Paintings

Bibliography

References

  1. Marie-Hélène Lavallée, Georges Vigne, Les élèves d'Ingres, 1999, p. 149
  2. Musée national du Château de Versailles: les peintures, Vol.1, 1995, p. 656
  3. Jean-Didier Wagneur, Françoise Cestor, Les Bohèmes, 1840-1870: Écrivains - Journalistes - Artistes, Champ Vallon, 2012
  4. Base Mistral
  5. Base Mistral
  6. Base Joconde
  7. Idem, Base Joconde
  8. Base Mistral
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