Alexandre Blanchet
Alexandre Blanchet (born April 23, 1882 in Pforzheim , † December 25, 1961 in Geneva ) was a Swiss artist .
After studying art in Geneva, Blanchet stayed in Paris from 1907 to 1914 , where he was influenced by Paul Cézanne and Cubism . In 1913 he exhibited with other artists at the international traveling exhibition in New York , Chicago and Boston . In the beginning he worked with plasticity and spatiality , later his work became more classical and he created large-scale murals . From 1930 to 1942 he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva.
Together with René Auberjonois he is considered to be the “innovator of painting in French-speaking Switzerland”.
literature
- Manuela Busino-Maschietto: Alexandre Blanchet. Exhibition catalog Geneva, 1974
- Alexander Blanchet. In: Schweizer Kunst , 1962, pp. 1–10.
- Michel Janin: Alexandre Blanchet (1882-1961). Licensing thesis. University of Geneva , 1989.
- Gotthard Jedlicka : Alexander Blanchet In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 32, 1945, pp. 129–138.
- Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art , p. 118 f.
Web links
- Pierre-André Lienhard: Alexandre Blanchet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Paul-André Jaccard: Blanchet, Alexandre. In: Sikart
- Publications by and about Alexandre Blanchet in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Pierre-André Lienhard: Alexandre Blanchet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ 1913 International Art Exhibition
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blanchet, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pforzheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1961 |
| Place of death | Geneva |