Franz Karl Theodor Guillemot de Villebois

Franz Karl Theodor Guillemot de Villebois (born June 19, 1836 in Suislep near Tarvastu , Estonia , † January 30, 1890 in Dorpat ) was a Franco-Baltic nobleman and sculptor .

Life

Sculpture group Father Rhine in Tartu (Estonia) by Franz Karl Theodor Guillemot de Villebois

Franz Karl Theodor Guillemot de Villebois completed his school education in the Schmidtschen Anstalt in Fellin , after which he studied agriculture at the Imperial University of Dorpat in 1856/57 and 1858/59 ; he was a member of Livonia .

After graduating , Guillemot de Villebois worked as a farmer and was temporarily owned by Arrol. He exercised the office of adjunct (assistant) of an order judge , was in Dorpat parish judge and church leader .

Guillemot de Villebois sold the Arrol estate and attended the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich in 1869, and in 1869 he was accepted into the Munich Academy of Fine Arts . He completed a course there and was awarded the Medal of Honor of the Royal Academy of Arts. From 1869 he worked as a sculptor in Munich, then moved to Dresden from 1874 to 1880 and then returned to Dorpat, today's Tartu. In the park of the "Kusshügel" (Musumägi) in Tartu (from 1880 to 1883) the group of sculptures "Father Rhine" was created by Guillemot de Villebois.

Academy of Fine Arts Munich

Family and offspring

Franz Karl Theodor came from the respected French-Baltic aristocratic family Guillemot de Villebois , who had lived in Livonia since the beginning of the 1690s. His father was the Russian guard captain Franz Gottlieb Guillemot de Villebois (1795-1836), master of Kurrista and Arrol, who was married to Elisabeth Krüdener from the house of Suisep (1810-1895). Franz Karl married Elise von Vietinghoff (1839–1929) in 1864 , their descendants were:

• Stephan Moritz (* 1864 in Arrol, † 1928 in Berlin ) ∞ Rosalie Prisk (* 1872), whose son was the musician Harald Ferdinand (* 1898 in Heidelberg ).
• Jenny Elisabeth (* 1867 in Arrol, † 1934 in Dresden ) ∞ Ernst Jakob von Grotthuss (1861–1918)
• Elise Camilie (* 1868 in Munich, † 1922) ∞ Max von Middendorff (1861–1926)
• Alice Gertrud (* 1872 in Sangaste , † 1930) ∞ Aurel Eduard von Campenhausen (1873–1930)
• Julie Bertha (* 1875 in Dresden, † 1928)

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Franz Karl Theodor Guillemot de Villebois. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Estonian manors: Uue-Suislepa / New Suislep [1]
2. ^ Wilhelm Lenz ( arrangement ): Album Livonorum . Philistine Society of Livonia, Lübeck 1972. No. 472
3. ↑ Estonian estates: the estates of today's Valgamaa district (Otepää municipality) [2]
4. ↑ The office of a parish judge: The parish court consisted of the parish judge, elected at meetings of the parish judicial districts consisting of several parish parishes by all landowners, including the preachers, as representatives of the church dedications, and three assessors, elected by the judges of all parish courts belonging to the parish . The parish court was at the same time in civil matters and police, guardianship and supervisory authority over the administration of rural community matters. As a supervisory authority, it was in control of the municipal administrations and officials. The parish judge audited the municipal administration annually and supervised the municipal treasury. In: Constitutional Law of the Duchy of Estonia, years 1721 to 1918 Verassungen.eu , accessed on April 26, 2016.
5. ↑ Dorpato-Livonorum. Edited by Reinhard Ottow, Livonus, on behalf of the Convention. Dorpat. Printed by H. Laakmann's book and lithographic printing shop, 1908 [dspace.ut.ee/bitstream/handle/10062/37154/est_a_1267_1908_ocr.pdf]