Hiram Brülhart

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Self-Portrait (1920)

Ernest Hiram Brülhart (born October 14, 1878 in Freiburg im Üechtland ; † March 22, 1947 ibid) was a Swiss painter . He painted landscapes , figures , still lifes , portraits and views of cities and villages.

Life

Ernest Hiram Brülhart first became an engineer before completing Ferdinand Hodler's lessons at the Musée industriel in Friborg - at the suggestion of the painter Joseph Reichlen . Then he went to Paris , where he first attended the Académie Julian around 1900 and then the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . He traveled frequently, visiting Saint-Tropez , Bucharest (where he was invited by his friend René de Weck ) and Venice , among others . Back in Friborg, he became a teacher at the École des arts et métiers, where he had among other things Gaston Thévoz as a student.

In addition to landscape painting, Brülhart's artistic focus was primarily on portraits. In Friborg he gained a reputation as an outstanding portrait painter and made portraits of Georges Python , Achille Blancpain and René de Weck, among others . Ernest Hiram Brülhart left around 3000 works.

Appreciation

While Brülhart was able to make a living from painting during his lifetime, he was increasingly forgotten after his death. The art historian Philippe Clerc deals with the painter and tries to make him accessible to a wider public. A publication about Brülhart was published; In addition, in 2019 there was an exhibition with around 40 works by the painter in the counter hall of the Freiburger Kantonalbank .

Works (examples)

  • Portrait du Ministre René de Weck , around 1934. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Friborg
  • Romont de l'ouest , 1930-1949. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Friborg

literature

  • Hodler and Freiburg. The artist's mission. Hodler et Friborg. La Mission de l'artiste. Exhibition catalog. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Friborg 1981.
  • La tête des nôtres: portraits à Friborg, 1850–2000. Exhibition catalog. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Friborg, Friborg 2004.
  • Philippe Clerc: Un carrefour artistique. In: La Gruyère dans le miroir de son patrimoine, Une région en représentation. Vol. 5. Editions Alphil, 2011, p. 14.
  • Caroline Schuster Cordone: Hiram Brülhart. In: Friborg 1700, No. 281, January 2012, p. 13.
  • Philippe Clerc (ed.), Ernest Hiram Brülhart (1878-1947): ambassadeur de la peinture ; Freiburg 2018, 84 pp., Ill .; ( Pro Friborg. Vol. 201); ISSN 0256-1476.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brülhart, Ernest Hiram. In: Sikart
  2. ↑ Discoveries around Hiram Brülhart. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Hiram Brülhart rediscovered. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 2018 Annual Report of the Freiburger Kantonalbank. In: Freiburger Kantonalbank. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Brülhart, Hiram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brülhart, Ernest Hiram; Brulhart, Hiram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Üechtland
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1947
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland