Karl Vautier
Karl Joseph Benjamin Vautier , also Carl Vautier (* 1860 in Düsseldorf ; † after 1910), was a German-Swiss portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Vautier was the eldest of three sons of the famous genre painter Benjamin Vautier from his marriage to Bertha, née Euler, a daughter of the politician Joseph Euler . Like his brother Otto , he became a painter. For this purpose he studied painting in Paris . There he took part in important exhibitions, especially at the Salon de Paris, with portraits, most of which he executed as pastel paintings . At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 , in which his brother Otto also took part and won a bronze medal, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . Around 1901 he had Swiss citizenship.
literature
- Ad. Bovy: Vautier, Carl . In: Carl Brun : Swiss Artist Lexicon . Volume 3: S-Z , Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1913, p. 367 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Vautier, Karl (Carl) Joseph Benjamin , entry in the sicart .ch portal
- Carl Vautier , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .com
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ^ Revue des lettres et des arts . Volume 3, 1910, p. 207
- ↑ La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité . 1901, p. 92
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| SURNAME | Vautier, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vautier, Karl Joseph Benjamin (full name); Vautier, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1910 |