Edmond-Jean de Pury

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Edmond-Jean de Pury (born March 6, 1845 in Neuchâtel , † November 7, 1911 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss genre and portrait painter and graphic artist .

Edmond-Jean de Pury studied privately with Charles Gleyre in Paris and in Florence from 1869 . He spent many years in Italy , where he painted portraits and genre paintings of the local milieu in Rome , Venice , Naples and on Capri .

Around 1882 he portrayed Richard Wagner , who was then visiting Naples. He was awarded a medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 . His works have been reproduced in many illustrated magazines. Many of his works are in the collections of museums in Venice , Basel , Geneva , Lausanne , Solothurn and Neuchâtel .

literature

  • Francesco Basaldella: Nel ricordo di Edmond de Pury, pittore gentiluomo (1845–1911) e alcune immagini di vita popolare a Venezia del secolo scorso (“The memory of Edmond de Pury, gentleman painter (1845–1911) and some pictures of the popular Life in Venice of the last century »). Quaderno di cultura giudecchina, Venice 1996.
  • William Ritter: Edmond de Pury. Essai biographique et critique. 1913.
  • Emmanuel Bénézit (founder), Jacques Busse (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. 1976.

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SURNAME Pury, Edmond-Jean de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss genre and portrait painter as well as graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1911
Place of death Lausanne