Charles Spindler
Jean Charles Spindler (born March 11, 1865 in Börsch , † March 3, 1938 in Saint-Léonard (Leonardsau) near Börsch) was an Alsatian artist.
Life
Charles Spindler, son of a notary, was a great-nephew of the French painter Louis Pierre Spindler . From 1882 he studied fine arts in Düsseldorf , Munich and Berlin . In Düsseldorf he was a student of Peter Jansen the Elder until 1889 . Ä. and Eduard Gebhardt . In Munich, Martin von Feuerstein introduced him to the Ott brothers (glass artists) in 1887, for whom he carried out some work in Strasbourg .
After returning home, he was supported by Anselm Laugel . From 1893 to 1896 he edited the bilingual magazine Elsaesser Bilderbogen / Les Images Alsaciennes with Joseph Sattler . In 1897 he opened his own artist workshop in Leonardsau. From 1898 to 1914 he published the magazine Revue Alsacienne Illustrée . As a cabinet maker , Spindler made a name for himself by reviving marquetry in furniture construction (1893).
A number of Spindler's works are exhibited today in the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg .
Honors
- 1925: Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Books
- Anselm Laugel: Costumes and customs in Alsace . 1902 (illustrated by Charles Spindler)
- René Bazin : Les Oberlé . 1915 (illustrated by Charles Spindler)
- Alphonse Troestler and Michel Loetscher (eds.): Charles Spindler: L'âge d'or d'un artiste en Alsace. Mémoires inédits 1889-1914 . Nancy 2009, ISBN 978-2-35578-034-9
literature
- Eberhard Kasten: Spindler, Erwin . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 105, de Gruyter, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-023271-4 , p. 292 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Renate Treydel: Spindler, Louis Pierre . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 105, de Gruyter, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-023271-4 , p. 293.
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 440
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Spindler, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alsatian artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1865 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Börsch |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1938 |
Place of death | Saint-Léonard (Vosges) |