Constantin Guise
Constantin Guise (born May 1, 1811 in Kassel , † October 16, 1858 in Basel ) was a Swiss watercolorist , theater and decoration painter and lithographer .
Constantin Guise was born the son of a French theater painter who was brought to Kassel by the King of Westphalia , Jérôme Bonaparte , and employed in the local theater. He became a student of Justus Krauskopf . At the age of 16 he worked as a decorative painter in the court theater.
In 1831 he moved to Karlsruhe , in 1833 he settled in Basel , where he worked for the Hasler & Co. lithography company. Around 1839 he created decorations for the Lucerne City Theater . In addition to the theater decorations, he created numerous watercolors with cityscapes, which later appeared in the form of lithographs. He also painted historical events from Swiss history.
literature
- Guise, Constantin . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 324-325 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Constantin Guise. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Guise, Constantin. In: Sikart
- Constantin Guise Biography in: Boris Wilnitsky Fine Arts (Online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guise, Constantin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guise, Constantine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss watercolorist, theater and decoration painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1858 |
| Place of death | Basel |