Gabriel Constant Vaucher
Gabriel Constant Vaucher (* 15. June 1768 in Geneva ; † 26. April 1814 ) was a Swiss history painter of Classicism .
Life
Gabriel Constant Vaucher's father Abraham Vaucher was a jeweler and enamel painter. Gabriel Constant Vaucher attended the Geneva drawing school from 1780 to 1782. From 1782 to 1789 he was a student in Rome of his mother's cousin, the painter Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours (1752-1809).
At the age of 17 he won the first prize of the Parma Academy with his painting Alexander and his doctor Philippe , which is still in the collections of the Galleria nazionale di Parma today. The admiration of the masterpieces by Michelangelo and Raphael shaped his art towards classicism , which also corresponded to the Empire style that was dominant at the time . Back in Geneva he took part in the Salon of the Société des Arts from 1789. Since 1799 he devoted himself more and more to the drawing of historical scenes and portrait painting. Joseph Hornung and Abraham Constantin (1785–1855) were among his private students. He died at the age of 45.
literature
- Vaucher, Gabriel Constant . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940.
- Anne de Herdt: Designs de Constantin Vaucher (1768–1814), un artiste à neo-classique à découvrir . In: Genava NS 41, 1993, pp. 165-178.
Web links
- Sikart
- Laurence Cesa-Mugny: Constantin Vaucher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Michel Descours biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vaucher, Gabriel Constant |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vaucher, Constant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss history painter of classicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1814 |
| Place of death | Geneva |