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Also known as Franz Alexeïevitch Roubaud and Франц Алексеевич Рубо, Franz Roubaud is described as a history and battle painter of the Russian Empire, of French origin. His work combines this historical painting with the creation of large battle panoramas, designed to be presented in specially built buildings. After taking courses at the Odessa Art School, he leaves for Germany in 1877 and studies at the Munich Academy. There he works notably with Carl Theodor von Piloty, Otto Seitz and Wilhelm von Diez, and later with Joseph von Brandt.
After completing his studies, Roubaud settles in Saint Petersburg and works at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, where he teaches from 1903 to 1912. In 1895, he receives a gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. In 1913, he leaves the Russian Empire for Munich and thereafter resides mainly in Germany. He dies in Munich on 13 March 1928.
Among the documented works is Collision of Two Mounted Combatants, an 1888 oil on canvas held at the National Gallery of Athens, measuring 40 × 33 cm. Kosak in Winterlandschaft, dated 1892 and signed, is also an oil on canvas; its dimensions are 620 × 370 mm. Alongside these works in the artist’s oeuvre is his practice of large-scale historical panoramas: Roubaud paints battle compositions whose dimensions require specially built exhibition venues.
This profile brings together identity references for Franz Roubaud and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
5 references are documented at Germann, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on wood
Reiter
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2019-03-20
Published result : 1945 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Oil on canvas
Kosak in Winterlandschaft, 1892
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on hardboard.
Rastende Kosaken in der Steppe.
Öl auf Htf.
Date to be documented
Published result : 70000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 14000
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Im Hochgebirge.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 26000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Gouache
Attribué à FRANZ ROUBAUD — Orientale mit Pferd.
gouache
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1600
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
