Military bivouac in front of a castle – Circa 1820.

Oil on canvas signed lower left.

Dimensions: 60 x 73 – with frame: 75 x 88 cm.

The painter gives us here a scene of the daily life of the soldiers rather than a combat scene. The atmosphere is relaxed; the soldiers eat their fill and warm themselves around a fire at the foot of a castle.

In the background a pretty panoramic view of the valley and the sky allows us to embrace the whole landscape.

Adolphe Roehn begins to paint in a self-taught way, without a master, historical scenes, then later, he specializes in genre painting and portraits.

He appeared in the Paris Salons from 1799 to 1866. 

In 1831, he held a drawing and painting workshop for women.

He won the silver medal in the competition at the 1810 Painting and Sculpture Salon with The Day after the Battle of Eylau , commissioned by the Prince of Neufchâtel; then the gold medal at the Salon of 1819. He also won two other medals at the exhibitions in Lille in 1824 and Douai in 1826.