Aimée Rapin
Aimée Rapin (born December 14, 1868 in Payerne , † May 8, 1956 in Geneva ) was a Swiss artist .
Life
Aimée Rapin was the sister of the politician Oscar Rapin . She took painting lessons from Théophile Bischoff , Henri Hébert , Hugues Bovy and Barthélemy Menn and was noticed at the Paris World's Fair in 1889 , whereupon she traveled through Europe and North Africa. In 1887 she was a founding member of the Société de secours entre artistes et amis des beaux-arts in Geneva. Her "work comprises around 3,000 portraits, nudes, still lifes and landscapes (especially pastel pictures)".
Web links
- Philippe Kaenel: Rapin, Aimée. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Aimée Rapin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Aimée Rapin in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ^ Philippe Kaenel: Rapin, Aimée. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rapin, Aimée |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Payerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1956 |
| Place of death | Geneva |