Carl Roschet

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Coat of arms of the noble free von Rötteln , drawn by Carl Roschet

Carl Roschet (* 1867 ; † January 25, 1925 in Basel ) was a Swiss painter and heraldist .

Life

Carl Roschet came from a Huguenot family who had immigrated to Basel. With him the sex died out in the male line.

He designed many ex libris on commission . His signature on the works consists of his initials and is usually an R enclosed in a C. A number of watercolors with Alpine motifs are also known from auctions . He also left behind color lithographs and oil paintings. At the beginning of the 20th century, Roschet was one of the first artists to paint lanterns for the Basel carnival cliques. Roschet worked for the " United Kleinbasler ".

Roschet was a member of the Swiss Heraldic Society . Since 1916 he has devoted himself almost exclusively to heraldry. Roschet became known as a heraldist through his illustration of the Basel city arms book and the Basel arms calendar published by Wilhelm Richard Staehelin .

The book of arms for the city of Basel was published by Wilhelm Richard Staehelin, who also wrote the genealogical explanations with August Burckhardt and Arno Lutz. It was published by the Helbing Lichtenhahn publishing house . The “book” is actually a set of tables, each of the eleven episodes consisting of around 50 tables - a total of 551 heraldic tablets. The Basel coat of arms calendar was published in five years (1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1927). After Roschets death (1925) Lothar Albrecht took over the illustration of the last year.

literature

  • Wilhelm Richard Staehelin: † Carl Roschet, 1867–1925. In: Swiss Archives for Heraldry, Volume 39 (1925), Issue 1, pp. 47–48 digitized

Web links

Commons : Carl Roschet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the chronicle of the Basler Stadtbuch
  2. ^ Bernhard Peter: Signatures of heraldists, graphic artists and ex-libris artists for the purpose of identifying heraldic designs. From the author's website, accessed November 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ auction results for Carl Roschet in drawing watercolor. On de.artendung; accessed on November 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ see lantern design 1903 by Carl Roschet on the website of the "United Kleinbasler".
  5. ↑ Homepage of the Swiss Heraldic Society , accessed on November 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ see Wilhelm Richard Staehelin: † Carl Roschet, 1867–1925. In: Swiss Archive for Heraldry. Volume 39 (1925), Issue 1, pp. 47-48 digitized .
  7. ↑ Review in: Swiss Archives for Heraldry. Volume 32 (1918), Issue 1
  8. ↑ Entry on the Basel coat of arms calendar on www. ZVAB .com
personal data
SURNAME Roschet, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH 1867
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1925
Place of death Basel