The Parisian Canvas Paris, 1790. The city breathes through the streets of the Petit-Bourbon-Saint-Sulpice, where Auguste-Jean-Simon Roux enters the world. He is the son of Simon Roux, a master jeweler and captain aide-major of the Cordeliers battalion, and Marie Geneviève Tournade. His life begins in the shadow of craftsmanship and military order. By 1817, he marries Anne Angélique Adèle Zoppi, establishing a domestic life in the heart…
Scroll through Auguste Roux's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Auguste Roux's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.