Charles Albert Waltner

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Charles Albert Waltner

Charles Waltner (born March 23 or 24, 1846 in Paris ; † June 15, 1925 there ) was a French engraver and etcher .

Life

Waltner was also a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Léon Bonnat , with whom he studied painting. It was only later that Henriquel-Dupont instructed him in the art of engraving and etching. After initially engraving a few smaller sheets of paper, he later turned mainly to the art of etching and soon achieved great abilities in the reproduction of paintings of the coloristic direction, especially Rembrandt's .

In 1868 Waltner won the Prix ​​de Rome which enabled him to stay in Rome. Waltner received many honors. In 1888 he became an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . He was also appointed officer of the Legion of Honor in 1899. In 1908 Waltner was accepted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

Waltner was a member and professor at the Ecole nationale des Beaux-Arts and co-founder of the Société nationale des beaux-arts .

Major works

  • Portrait of the Baron von Vicq after Rubens (1870),
  • Infanta Margaret after Velazquez,
  • Rembrandt after his self-portrait,
  • The Chinese vase according to Fortuny,
  • Entombment after van Dyck,
  • The Angelus according to Millet,
  • Christ before Pilate according to Munkacsy (1882),
  • The Night Watch according to Rembrandt (1885).

literature

  • L'Amateur d'estampes , Paris, 1925
  • Henri Berald : Les graveurs du 19e siècle , Librairie L. Conquet , Paris, 1892

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Le Gaulois , edition of February 20, 1890, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 3, accessed on November 16, 2016
  2. ^ La Presse , edition September 11, 1888, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 3, accessed on November 16, 2016
  3. ↑ Le Rappel , edition June 16, 1925, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 3, accessed on November 15, 2016
  4. ↑ Le Temps , edition January 22, 1899, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 3, accessed on November 15, 2016
  5. ^ L'Amateur d'estampes , in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 187, accessed on November 14, 2016
  6. ^ L'Homme libre , edition June 16, 1925, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 2, accessed on November 15, 2016
  7. ^ L'Amateur d'estampes , Paris, 1925 in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , pages 186-188, accessed on November 16, 2016
  8. ^ Henri Berald : Les graveurs du 19e siècle , Paris, 1925 at Archive.org , pages 254–269, accessed on November 17, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Waltner, Charles Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waltner, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engraver and eraser
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1846 or March 24, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1925
Place of death Paris , France