Gottlieb Bion

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Gottlieb Bion , steel engraving after a photograph, ca.1877
Gottlieb Bion: The Viamala Gorge

Gottlieb Bion (born June 2, 1804 in Bürglen ; † April 11, 1876 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss landscape painter and teacher.

Born as the son of pastor Peter Bion, he attended high school in St. Gallen and was trained as a teacher at Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg's educational institution in Hofwil from 1822 to 1825 . He then studied history painting from December 19, 1825 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich .

After completing his studies, he worked in St. Gallen from 1827 to 1872 as a landscape and miniature painter as well as a writing, drawing and gymnastics teacher. In 1827 he became a co-founder of the St. Gallen Art Association and its president from 1848 to 1874. From 1855 to 1857 he held the position of President of the Swiss Art Association .

In 1831 he married Louise Katharina Hirzel.

literature

  • Gottfried Buff: Gottlieb Bion of St. Gallen (1804–1876). Teacher and landscape painter. Life outline . With the portrait of the deceased [panel] engraved by his friend Carl von Gonzenbach after a photograph taken by Messrs. Täschler. St. Gallen 1877.
  • Hans Vollmer : Bion, Gottlieb . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 44 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Rudolf Hanhart: Catalog of oil studies, watercolors and prints by Gottlieb Bion ., St. Gallen Museum Foundation, St. Gallen Art Association, St. Gallen 1982.
  • Bion, Gottlieb . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 11, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22751-5 , pp. 118 f.

Web links

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Remarks

  1. ^ Matriculation Book Academy Munich .
personal data
SURNAME Bion, Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss landscape painter and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Bürglen
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1876
Place of death St. Gallen