Joseph Simon Volmar

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The Erlach monument

Joseph Simon Volmar (born October 26, 1796 in Bern , † October 6, 1865 ibid) was a Swiss painter, sculptor , lithographer and art teacher.

From 1814 he studied in Paris with Horace Vernet , Théodore Géricault and David d'Angers . After working as an animal painter in France , he was elected to teach at the Bern art school in 1836. Here he designed a monument for Rudolf von Erlach , which was inaugurated in 1849 after many political disputes, and was awarded an honorary doctorate for this by the University of Bern . He also created a monument for Jean Baptiste Girard in Freiburg im Üechtland . It was ordered by the local government in 1850, was inaugurated ten years later and then supplemented with reliefs by Raphael Christians .

literature

  • Carl Brun :  Volmar, Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 263.
  • Manuel Kehrli: Rudolf von Erlach's equestrian monument in the reception of the Zofingerverein , In: Festschrift on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Dr. med. Robert Develey, Basel, Munich 2019, pp. 263–268.

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personal data
SURNAME Volmar, Joseph Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, sculptor, lithographer and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1865
Place of death Bern