Eugene Märchy

Eugen Märchy (born June 8, 1876 in Arth , canton Schwyz , † December 2, 1944 in Baden , canton Aargau , resident in Baden and Steinerberg ) was a Swiss drawing teacher and painter .

life and work

Märchy was the son of the district teacher Peter and trained as a drawing teacher and decorative painter at the Zurich School of Applied Arts . He then studied in 1895 for ten months at the École de Beaux-Arts and the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris . Märchy preferred to paint landscapes and still lifes in watercolor, but also mastered oil and tempera painting as well as pastel techniques. His work was subsequently awarded three first silver and one bronze medals.

Back in Switzerland, Märchy worked for the Schmid & Söhne painting company in Zurich for three years and was involved in the decorative design of the Swiss National Museum, which was then under construction . Märchy then worked for years in Munich and Berlin .

At the turn of the century, Märchy settled down as a master painter in Baden and from 1902 worked at the Baden district school and at the Wettingen teacher training college for the ill drawing teacher Hans Hasler. When he died, Märchy was his successor. His students included u. a. Walter Huser , Eduard Spörri and Heiny Widmer (1927–1984).

At the same time, Märchy became rector of the craft school, which later became the vocational school, where he worked until his retirement in 1944. Märchy was a founding member of the “Society of Swiss Drawing Teachers” and was a long-time member of the commission of the Baden Municipal Museum. Märchy looked after Joseph Nieriker 's estate until his death.

Märchy's first marriage was to Frieda, nee Müller. They had a son together. With his second wife Ida, nee Walz, he had a son, who died young, and a daughter. Märchy is the grandfather of drawing teacher and painter Helene Basler-Märchy (* 1938).

literature

• Arnold Märchy: Eugen Märchy (1876–1944) . In: Argovia , annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau , vol. 68–69, 1958, p. 508 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Eugen Märchy (1876–1944) on Kunstbreite.ch