14 Facts About Constant Roux

Roux' parents ran a chemist shop and Roux started working at a young age for Achille Blanqui, who was a furniture maker.

Constant Roux studied at the Ecole superieure des Beaux-Arts of Marseille, enrolling in 1879, and working under the tutelage of Emile Aldebert, Marius Guindon and Theodore Jourdan, and was admitted to the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying under Jules Coutan, Jules Cavelier and Louis-Ernest Barrias.

In 1898, Constant Roux submitted the work "Pourquoi naitre esclave" to the Salon des Artistes Francais, sending it from Rome, and it was awarded a bronze medal.

Where ever possible Constant Roux supported art in his native city of Marseille participating for example with Emile Aldebert, Andre-Joseph Allar, Francois Carli, Stanislas Clastrier, Charles Delanglade, Jean-Baptiste Hugues, Marius Malan and the painter Pauline Mace, in supporting the Marseille Salon des Independants in 1913 and 1914.

Constant Roux founded the Galerie Caors-Cottier in 1922 and participated in the Provence Exposition de l'Academie Regionale des Peintres et Sculpteurs held at the Galerie Detaille.

Constant Roux's work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Also, and on 8 June 1900, Constant Roux was commissioned to create two decorative bas-relief panels for the refreshment room of the National Assembly, and his compositions entitled "L'Automne" and "L'Hiver" were produced in grey ceramic by Sevres.

Constant Roux submitted the bas-reliefs to the 1902 Salon and they were awarded a medal and in 1903 two further panels were ordered, these entitled "L'eau" and "Le Feu".

The statue in white marble by Constant Roux entitled "la Republique" can be seen on the main staircase of the Bouches-du-Rhone prefecture.

Constant Roux had exhibited the composition at the Salon des Artistes Francais of 1920.

Les convalescents rendant hommage a Louis Salvator -This statue by Constant Roux depicts convalescing patients paying hommage to Louis Salvator and stands in the grounds of the Hopital Salvator in Marseille.

Constant Roux won the competition to select the sculpture for the statue in 1908.

At the base of the monument, Constant Roux added four groups of soldiers.

Charles Delanglade Constant Roux submitted a plaster bust of Delanglade to the 1931 Salon des artistes francais.