Daniel Gevril
Daniel Gevril (born November 6, 1803 in Carouge near Geneva ; † July 24, 1875 there ) was a Swiss painter and drawing teacher .
Daniel Gevril was a member of the Gevril watchmaking family founded by Jacques Gevril. He was trained at the Ecole des Dessin in Geneva, first with François-Gédéon Reverdin , then with Joseph Hornung . He frequently took part in exhibitions between 1820 and 1861. In 1820 and 1826, for example, he showed portrait drawings, and in 1829 and 1830 enameled clock dials by Jean-Léonard Lugardon and Joseph Hornung. From 1830 onwards he only painted portraits. Gevril worked as a drawing teacher at the Berlin Academy in Neuchâtel in 1829/30, and from 1847 until his death at a school in Carouge. Joseph Mégard was one of his students .
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Volume 5, EA Fleischmann, Munich 1837, p. 123 ( mistakenly as Danielle Gevril, digitized ).
- Gevril, Daniel . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 504 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Renate Treydel: Gevril, Daniel . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 52, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22792-2 , p. 439.
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| SURNAME | Gevril, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and drawing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carouge |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1875 |
| Place of death | Carouge |