Emil Scheller
Emil Scheller (born January 18, 1880 in Lenzburg , † September 15, 1942 in Solothurn ; resident in Lenzburg) was a Swiss painter and draftsman .
life and work
![Emil Scheller (1880–1942) painter, draftsman. Grave cemetery Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Emil_Scheller_%281880%E2%80%931942%29_Maler%2C_Zeichner._Grab_Friedhof_Feldbrunnen-St._Niklaus.jpg/220px-Emil_Scheller_%281880%E2%80%931942%29_Maler%2C_Zeichner._Grab_Friedhof_Feldbrunnen-St._Niklaus.jpg)
Emil Scheller was the son of a watchmaker from Lenzburg . When he was four years old, his father died and his mother moved to Einsiedeln with her three children . After Scheller had completed an apprenticeship in lithography , he attended the Zurich School of Applied Arts and acquired the Aargau district teacher license as a drawing teacher .
Scheller then worked as a designer and draftsman at a Würzburg art institution . From 1905 to 1911 he was able to finance his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with his earnings . His teachers were Gabriel von Hackl , Ludwig von Löfftz and Carl von Marr . Scheller made landscape paintings , still lifes as well as altar and church paintings .
In 1914 Scheller returned to Switzerland and attended the Académie Colarossi in Paris for a semester . During the First World War he did active service as a border soldier and then settled in Solothurn with his wife Anna, née Sperisen (1892–1985). He found his final resting place in the Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus .
literature
- Emil Scheller . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 180 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Scheller in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Scheller, Emil. In: Sikart (as of: 2018), accessed on July 10, 2020.
- Emil Scheller. In: Art Width
- Emil Scheller (Swiss, 1880–1942 ) In: artnet (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Registration book entry for Emil Scheller. Academy of Fine Arts Munich, October 27, 1906, accessed on July 9, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Scheller, Emil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and draftsman |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1880 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lenzburg |
DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1942 |
Place of death | Solothurn |