Benjamin Vautier | |
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Born | Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier 27 April 1829
Morges, Switzerland |
Died | 25 April 1898
Düsseldorf, Germany | (aged 68)
Education | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
Occupation(s) | Genre painter, Illustrator |
Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (27 April 1829 – 25 April 1898) was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator. [1]
He was born in Morges. He was the son of a teacher and began his art studies in Geneva, then worked for two years as a jewelry enamel painter. In 1849, he obtained a position in the studios of history painter Jean-Léonard Lugardon. [1] While there, he also took courses in anatomical drawing at a nearby art school.
He began attending the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1849 and became a member of " Malkasten" (Paintbox), a local artists' association. He left the Academy for one year to work with Rudolf Jordan as a private student. [2] Eventually, he decided to devote himself to depicting peasant life, which he observed for several years by visiting the Bernese Oberland.
In 1856 he went to Paris but returned to Düsseldorf a year later and painted his first peasant genre pictures. Initially, he focused on Switzerland, but finally decided to concentrate on the Black Forest region. [2] He also worked as an illustrator (Der Oberhof by Karl Leberecht Immermann, Barfüßele by Berthold Auerbach, and others). Later, he became a Royal Professor at the Academy in Düsseldorf.
He died in 1898 in Düsseldorf.
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Benjamin Vautier | |
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Born | Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier 27 April 1829
Morges, Switzerland |
Died | 25 April 1898
Düsseldorf, Germany | (aged 68)
Education | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
Occupation(s) | Genre painter, Illustrator |
Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (27 April 1829 – 25 April 1898) was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator. [1]
He was born in Morges. He was the son of a teacher and began his art studies in Geneva, then worked for two years as a jewelry enamel painter. In 1849, he obtained a position in the studios of history painter Jean-Léonard Lugardon. [1] While there, he also took courses in anatomical drawing at a nearby art school.
He began attending the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1849 and became a member of " Malkasten" (Paintbox), a local artists' association. He left the Academy for one year to work with Rudolf Jordan as a private student. [2] Eventually, he decided to devote himself to depicting peasant life, which he observed for several years by visiting the Bernese Oberland.
In 1856 he went to Paris but returned to Düsseldorf a year later and painted his first peasant genre pictures. Initially, he focused on Switzerland, but finally decided to concentrate on the Black Forest region. [2] He also worked as an illustrator (Der Oberhof by Karl Leberecht Immermann, Barfüßele by Berthold Auerbach, and others). Later, he became a Royal Professor at the Academy in Düsseldorf.
He died in 1898 in Düsseldorf.
Digitalized by the University and State Library Düsseldorf: