Eugène de Weck
Eugène Henri Edouard de Weck , also Eugène (de) Weck-Boccard (born April 20, 1872 in Freiburg im Üechtland , Canton of Friborg ; † May 3, 1912 in Leysin , Canton of Vaud ), was a Swiss landscape painter , drawing teacher and restorer .
Life
De Weck, the second oldest of seven children of the Freiburg politician and State Councilor Charles de Weck and his wife Léontine Marie Eugénie, née de Buman, went to Düsseldorf in 1894 , where he attended the Royal Prussian Art Academy in 1894/1895 . There was Heinrich Lauenstein his teacher. In 1898 he married the portrait painter Antoinette de Boccard (1868–1956), daughter of Alphonse de Boccard and Henriette, née de Buman, who was trained at the Académie Julian . The couple had three children. In Freiburg, de Weck worked as a drawing teacher, from 1900 to 1912 at the technical center , from 1909 to 1912 at the St. Michael College . On behalf of the canton of Friborg, he directed the restoration of the wall paintings during the renovation of the Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive from 1903 to 1910. He also restored other frescoes in Freiburg's rural churches. In 1899 he was one of the founders of the Freiburg section of the Society of Swiss Painters, Sculptors and Architects. His painterly oeuvre was influenced by the French impressionists . From 1900 he exhibited his pictures - views of the pre-Alpine landscape of Freiburg - several times in Freiburg and Geneva .
literature
- Schweizer Künstlerlexikon, Volume III, p. 443
- Thomas Freivogel: Weck, Eugène de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Weck, Eugène-Henri-Edouard de. In: Sikart , accessed on August 24, 2019.
- Eugène Henri Edouard de Weck , genealogical data sheet on the gw.geneanet.org portal
- Portrait of Eugène de Weck in: Généalogie illustrée de la famille de Weck , Part I, No. 104, Planche 34 ( PDF )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 442
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| SURNAME | Weck, Eugène de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weck, Eugène Henri Edouard de (full name); Weck-Boccard, Eugène; Weck-Boccard, Eugène de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss landscape painter, drawing teacher and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg im Üechtland , Canton of Friborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1912 |
| Place of death | Leysin , Canton of Vaud |