Emil Bauch
Emil Bauch (* 1823 in Hamburg ; † around 1890 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a German landscape, genre and portrait painter, lithographer and teacher who worked in Brazil .
biography
Emil Bauch studied from July 2, 1839 to 1844 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich . He exhibited his works at the Berlin Art Academy. In 1845 he came back to Hamburg.
In 1849 he came to Brazil, first to Recife , where he made some cityscapes. In 1852 his album of lithographs Souvenirs de Pernambuco was published . In 1857 he settled in Rio de Janeiro and opened his studio at Rua de Rosario 106. In 1859 he participated in the General Art Exhibition with five works.
In 1866 he opened a painting school together with the French painter Henri Nicolas Vinet (1817–1876), where he taught landscape painting. The collaboration with Vinet lasted until 1872. In 1866 he was commissioned by the German architect Carl Friedrich Gustav Wähneldt (1830–1873 ) to decorate the Nova Friburgo Palace (now the Museum of the Republic). In 1872 Emil Bauch was awarded the Knightly Order of the Rose by Emperor Pedro II .
In 1873, Bauch created a lithographed panorama of Rio de Janeiro. In 1874 he exhibited his works in Hamburg, where he was also a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association . Emil Bauch became mentally ill and was taken to a mental hospital, where he died in the 1890s. One of his last works was the little-known portrait of Franz Joseph I.
Emil Bauch's work occupies an important place in the history of culture alongside the works of other foreign artists of the 19th century such as Thomas Ender (1793–1875), Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768–1848) and Benno Treidler (1857–1931) Brazil one.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belly, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1890 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |