French painter
Armand Laroche (1826 – 1903), also known as Amand Laroche, was a French painter, who specialized in portraits and genre painting.
Biography.
Born in Saint-Cyr-l'École (Seine-et-Oise). Arman Laroche was studying at and École des beaux-arts de Paris, he was student of and Michel Martin Drolling. He took part in the Paris Salon every year from 1846 up to 1903. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889), and an honourable mention at the Exposition Universelle (1900).