August Corrodi

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August Corrodi, oil painting from the time in Munich (attributed to Andreas Müller)

August Corrodi (born February 27, 1826 in Zurich ; † August 15, 1885 in Hottingen ) was a Swiss draftsman and poet .

Life

August Corrodi was the only child of pastor Wilhelm Corrodi (1798–1868) and his wife Henriette nee Rahn. The mother died a year after he was born. His father married Maria Schulthess, whom August raised. Since the rectory was in the complex of the former monastery complex of the Töss monastery , August grew up in the historical buildings.

After graduating from high school , August Corrodi began studying theology in Zurich at the request of his father. For the second semester he moved to Basel, where he enrolled at Ludwig Adam Kelterborn's art school. After another semester of philosophy in Zurich, Corrodi decided on an artistic education and attended the art academy in Munich from 1847 to 1851. At the same time he was in close contact with the literary scene.

After his return to Switzerland, several children's books were created in Winterthur and St. Gallen . In 1850 he copied a few pictures before the monastery complex in Töss was demolished. In 1855 he recorded his memories of the cloister in one of his books.

In 1861 Corrodi was appointed drawing teacher at the higher Winterthur city schools. In 1863 he married Maria Haggenmacher, who died in 1877. His second wife was Louise Gysi from Seuzach . In 1881 he had to give up his teaching post for health reasons. Corrodi spent his last years in Hottingen near Zurich.

Works

Corrodi's best-known literary works include De Herr Professer , published in Swiss German . Idyll from the Zurich area (1858), De Herr Vikari. Winter idyll usem Züripiet (1858) and De Herr Doktor. Herbstidyll usem Züripiet (1860, dramatized 1872). He also wrote novellas such as major and minor (1855) and Waldleben (1856), as well as the comedies De Ritchnecht (1873) and Die Maler (1875). His romantic poems in High German were partly set to music by his friend, the Winterthur composer Johann Carl Eschmann .

Three of his works were premiered by the Zurich Dramatic Society .

Corrodi's estate is kept in the special collections of the Winterthur libraries . They were a present to his friend, the city librarian Albert Hafner.

  • young woman; Drawing from the Töss monastery

  • the young Jesus in the temple, dated 1855

Works (selection)

  • De Herr Professer. Idyll from the Zurich area . Winterthur, printing and publishing house of the Steiner'schen Buchhandlung, 1857. Google book search
  • De Mr. Vikari. Winter idyll usem Züripiet . Winterthur, printing and publishing house by the Steinerische Buchhandlig, 1858. Google book search
  • De Herr Dokter. Autumn idyll in Züripiet . Winterthur, printing and publishing company vu der Steinerische Buechhandlig, 1860. Google book search

literature

  • Elisabeth Ellenberger: Corrodi, August. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Goswina von Berlepsch, Rudolf Hunziker: About August Corrodi. 1913 (New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library).
  • Fedor Bochow: Corrodi, August . In: General Artist Lexicon , Volume 21. Saur, Munich a. a., pp. 325-326.
  • Rudolf Hunziker, Paul Schaffner: August Corrodi as a poet and painter. A memorial book . Winterthur: Vogel 1930 (gift from the Winterthur Literary Association, 11).
  • 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800 . 1981 (Helvetic profiles), pp. 41–47 (including bibliography).
  • August Corrodi . In: Bernhard Meijer, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 5 : Cestius-Degas . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1906, Sp. 758 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Commons : August Corrodi  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Wilhelm August Corrodi  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silvia Volkart: The world of images of the late Middle Ages. The wall paintings in Töss Abbey . Chronos Publishing House; Zurich 2011
  2. ^ Dramatischer Verein Zürich in the Theater Lexikon der Schweiz , accessed on November 18, 2016
  3. ↑ Depots and bequests. Winterthur libraries , accessed on February 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Corrodi, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss poet and painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1885
Place of death Hottingen