Adolphe Aze

Valère Adolphe Louis Aze (4 March 1823, Paris - 19 March 1884, Paris)[1][2][3] was a French painter; specializing in historical and Orientalist themes.

Ships in the Port of Algiers

Life and work

He was a student of the history painter, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury.

He is remembered primarily for his paintings and sketches of Egypt, Istanbul and Algeria; done in oils, watercolors and pencil.

His burial place is in the Cimetière Montmartre, 22nd division, in the chapel of the Léger family, with his wife Blanche-Marie Léger and her relatives.

Among his best known works are; "Diana Surprised by Endymion", "Giovanni Bellini Drawing in the Streets of Venice" and "Philip II Meeting with his Son, Don Carlos".

References
  1. Archives de Paris, fichier de l'état-civil reconstitué.
  2. Archives de Paris, état-civil numérisé du 9e arrondissement, acte de décès N°405 de l'année 1884. Le peintre meurt à son domicile 21 boulevard de Clichy.
  3. Obituary, Archives de l'art français 1884
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