Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Lyon, France on June 10, 1869. Rochard studied art in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. He helped restore Brumidi's murals in the Capitol in Washington, DC and painted murals in the Metropolitan Opera House and Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC. After settling in Los Angeles in 1930, he was active there until 1932 or longer. His works include landscapes, nudes, and scenes with nymphs floating in air. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); American Art Annual 1919; California Arts and Architecture list, 1932. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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