Emil Scheller

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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
Emil Scheller's grave in the Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus

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

Commons : Emil Scheller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registration book entry for Emil Scheller. Academy of Fine Arts Munich, October 27, 1906, accessed on July 9, 2020 .
personal data
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