Armand Laroche

Armand Laroche (1826 – 1903), also known as Amand Laroche, was a French painter, who specialized in portraits and genre painting.

Biography
Born in Saint-Cyr-l'École (Seine-et-Oise). Arman Laroche was studying at École des beaux-arts de Versailles and École des beaux-arts de Paris, he was student of Ferdinand Wachsmuth and Michel Martin Drolling. He took part in the Paris Salon every year from 1846 up to 1903. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889), and an honourable mention at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

Works

 * Portrait of Sculptor Poitevin (1855), Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
 * Portrait of a Young Woman (1872)
 * Blue Bird, featured at the Salon in 1882
 * Portrait of L-F Schützenberger (1884)
 * Le Réveil, featured at the Salon in 1886
 * Portrait of M. Lapostolet, featured at the Salon in 1887
 * Portrait of Melle Lainé, Artist of the Odeon, featured at the salon in 1888
 * La Rosée, featured at the Salon in 1889
 * Baigneuse, featured at the Salon in 1892
 * Female Nude by Pond With Water Lilies
 * Diana Bathing With the Nymphs