Abraham Louis Tourte
Abraham Louis Tourte (born June 22, 1818 in Geneva , † April 18, 1863 in Turin ) was a Swiss politician , painter of the Düsseldorf School and diplomat . In 1849/50 he was a member of the Council of States and from 1851 to 1854 of the National Council . He was also a State Councilor for the Canton of Geneva .
biography
Tourte was the son of a teacher, the natural scientist Antoine-Elisée Cherbuliez was his uncle. From 1835 he first studied natural sciences at the Geneva Academy , and from 1838 to 1842 painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There he was a student of Karl Ferdinand's son, among others . In addition to his work as a painter, he was employed by the Geneva Immigration Office, from 1849 to 1851 general inspector of the higher schools in the canton of Geneva. Politically, he represented radical liberal positions and was close to the influential James Fazy .
In 1848 Tourte was elected to the Grand Council , of which he was a member until 1862. This in turn elected him to the Council of States for the years 1849 to 1851. He ran successfully in the National Council elections in 1851 , three years later he narrowly missed re-election. The Grand Council elected Tourte to the Geneva State Council in 1851, to which he was a member until 1853 and again from 1855 to 1861. During this time he was responsible for the education and military departments. From 1854 to 1859 was a member of the council of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich . The Federal Council appointed Tourte extraordinary envoy in Turin in 1860 , in the reunified Kingdom of Italy he had the official rank of chargé d'affaires of Switzerland from 1861 until his death. As such, he was involved in the negotiations on the annexation of Savoy to France .
Web links
- Gérard Duc: Tourte, Abraham Louis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Abraham Louis Tourte , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Documents by and about Abraham Tourte in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 441
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tourte, Abraham Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician, painter and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1863 |
| Place of death | Turin |