Jean-Edouard de Castella
Jean-Edouard (or Jean-Edward) de Castella (born November 21, 1881 in Lilydale , Australia , † July 26, 1966 in Freiburg ) was a Swiss painter .
Life
Born in Australia in 1881, Jean-Edouard de Castella came to Switzerland with his family in 1887. In 1901 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he met Paul Klee . Then he attended Ferdinand Hodler's class together with his sister Nathalie at the Technicum in Freiburg. There he also studied with Raymond Buchs , Hiram Brülhart and Oswald Pilloud . In 1903 he went to Paris and studied at the Académie Julian .
selection
- Stained glass window for the Notre-Dame de Bourguillon chapel (Freiburg in Ü.), 1918
literature
- Hodler and Freiburg. The artist's mission. Hodler et Friborg. La Mission de l'artiste , exhibition catalog, Museum of Art and History, Freiburg in Ü., 1981
- CLERC, Philippe, Un carrefour artistique , in: La Gruyère dans le miroir de son patrimoine, Une région en représentation, t.5, Editions Alphil, 2011, p. 14
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| SURNAME | Castella, Jean-Edouard de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castella, Jean-Edward de; Castella, Jean de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lilydale , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1966 |
| Place of death | Freiburg |