Benjamin Vautier (Swiss artist)
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(Children at Lunch, 1857)
Benjamin Vautier (27 April 1829, Morges - 25 April 1898, Düsseldorf) was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator.[1]
Life and work
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 (1801-1884).[1] While there, he also took courses in anatomical drawing at a nearby art school.
The following year, he began attending the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 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.
References
- 1 2 Benjamin Vautier (Swiss artist) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- 1 2 Eduard Daelen (1908), "Vautier, Benjamin", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 738–741
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Illustrations online (selection)
Digitalized by the University and State Library Düsseldorf:
- In: Album deutscher Kunst und Dichtung. Mit Holzschnitten nach Originalzeichnungen der Künstler, ausgeführt von R. Brend'amour. Friedrich Bodenstedt. - Berlin : Grote, 1867.
- In: Aquarelle Düsseldorfer Künstler : den kunstsinnigen Damen gewidmet. - Düsseldorf : Arnz, 1861. English Edition: Aquarels of Düsseldorf artists. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, 1852.
- Auerbach, Berthold. Barfüßele. - Stuttgart : Cotta, 1870.
- In: Düsseldorfer Bilder-Mappe : Original-Zeichnungen. - Berlin : Grote, 1866.
- In: Howitt, Mary Botham. The Dusseldorf artist's album. - Dusseldorf : Arnz, 1854.
- Kurzweil und Zeitvertreib : Bilder aus dem Leben in 12 Bleistiftzeichnungen. - München : Ackermann, 1884.
- In: Märchen und Sagen für Jung und Alt. - Düsseldorf : Arnz : Voß, 1857, Vol.2
- Immermann, Karl. Der Oberhof : aus Immermann's Münchhausen. - Berlin : Hofmann, 1863.
- In: Stieler, K./Wachenhusen, H. /Hackländer, F. W.: Rheinfahrt : Von den Quellen des Rheins bis zum Meere. - Stuttgart : Kröner, 1875.
- In: Diethoff, E. Vom Rhein. Bilder und Geschichten aus alter und neuer Zeit. - Leipzig : Payne, 1871.
- Gedichte. Arnz, Düsseldorf 1852