Jean François Théodore Gechter

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Jean François Théodore Gechter (* 1796 in Paris ; † December 11, 1844 there ) was a French sculptor .

life and work

Like the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye , Gechter was first a student of François Joseph Bosio and later of Antoine-Jean Gros . He spent several years in Italy , where he studied the works of Michelangelo and other old masters, and then returned to Paris.

In his works he preferred to implement themes from hunting and historical scenes, mainly in bronze and using the then new sand molding process .

Gechter exhibited his work from 1827 to 1844 at the Salon de Paris , where he was awarded a silver medal in 1839. These included his Two Gladiators from 1824 (bronze), Theseus fighting a Centaur and A Young Faun from 1827 (plaster) as well as the fight between Karl Martell and Abd ar-Rahman in the Battle of Tours and Poitiers 732 from 1833 (bronze) . Another bronze piece shows a scene from the battle of Abukir .

His cast works often show animals, such as horses that shy away with lowered necks (as in his bronzes Wounded Amazon from 1839 and horse with monkey as rider ), or dogs (as in the bronze Greyhound and Hare ). His stag and lion was acquired by the Kingdom of Saxony .

His state and church commissions included the statues of John Chrysostom and Mary Magdalene for the parish church of La Madeleine in Paris. He carried out his bas-relief Battle of Austerlitz on the western facade of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile between 1833 and 1836. His statues Rhone and Rhine are part of the Fontaine des Fleuves fountain on Place de la Concorde , Paris.

One of his students was Paul Duboy . In 1837 he was admitted to the Legion of Honor as Chevalier . Gechter died penniless in December 1844 (probably of tuberculosis ), the inventory of his workshop was sold the following year.

Battle of Austerlitz at the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris

literature

Web links

Commons : Jean-François-Théodore Gechter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Forrest: Art Bronzes. Schiffer, 1988, ISBN 0-88740-122-8 , p. 166.
  2. ↑ Shearjashub Spooner: A Biographical History of the Fine Arts. Being Memoirs of the Lives and Works of Eminent Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. G. Gebbie, 1873, p. 347.
  3. ^ William R. Johnston, Simon Kelly: Untamed. The art of Antoine-Louis Barye. Walters Art Museum , Baltimore, Maryland 2006, ISBN 3-79133-602-9 , p. 3.
  4. ↑ Gechter, Théodore . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 316-317 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  5. ^ Anthony Radcliffe: European bronze statuettes. Joseph Connoisseur, 1966, p. 115.
  6. ↑ a b Gechter, Jean François Théodore (1796–1844), Sculptor. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
  7. ^ A b Charles Gabet: Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française, au XIXe siècle. Peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, dessin, lithographie et composition musicale. Madame Vergne, 1831, p. 302.
  8. ↑ a b Henri Lamirault: La Grande Encyclopédie. Inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres, et des arts, par une société de savants et de gens de lettres . Volume 18, Franco-Gonon, 1893, p. 683.
  9. ^ Jean-Francois-Theodore Gechter . In: sladmore.com
  10. ↑ Duboy (Paul) . In: Stanislas Lami : Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française . XIX, II, p. 224.
  11. ↑ La Madeleine au désert, par T. Gechner. In: L'Illustration , Issue 105, March 1, 1845, p. 16.
personal data
SURNAME Gechter, Jean François Théodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1844
Place of death Paris