Armand Montjoye


Armand Montjoye, real name Jules Joseph Montjoye, was a 19th-century French painter and playwright.

Biography

A son of the dancer Louis-Stanislas Montjoie, a student of Jean-Dominique Ingres at the École des Beaux-Arts, he first began to paint and exhibited a portrait of his father at the 1835 Salon. In 1839 he realised Jésus tenté par le diable and in 1842 an Autoportrait. These paintings are preserved at the national museum of the Château de Versailles He then embarked into the Theatre.
His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

Plays