Karl de Bouché

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Karl de Bouché, ca.1908
Window in Visby Cathedral
Choir window in Speyer
The imperial window in Lübeck, destroyed in 1942

Karl de Bouché , also Carl de Bouché (born July 16, 1845 in Munich , † March 2, 1920 ibid) was a German glass painter of historicism .

Life

Bouché studied painting at the Royal Art Academy in Munich from 1864 to 1867 and initially devoted himself to landscape and genre painting . In addition, he was busy painting on glass. From 1868 to 1873 he learned and worked in the glass painting workshop of Wladimir von Swertschkoff in Oberschleißheim . On May 10, 1873, he founded his own glass painting workshop in Munich, with which he soon became very successful. In 1887 he was able to build a residential and studio house in Schwabing's Ainmillerstrasse No. 8 (destroyed in 1944). Later he bought the houses at Ainmillerstraße 7, 11 and 29. From 1889 he traded as a royal court glass painter ; since 1901 also as court glass painter for His Majesty the German Emperor and King of Prussia . In November 1906, Kaiser Wilhelm II paid a visit to the studio.

In 1917, his son and student of the same name, Carl de Bouché junior (born May 10, 1869), took over the glass painting establishment, which was then located on the Nymphenburg palace rondel.

His younger son, Arnulf de Bouché (* July 6, 1872; † March 25, 1945) studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich and became a nude, genre and still life painter.

Works

Bouché mainly supplied windows for church buildings, many of which, however, have not survived in Germany:

He was commissioned by the Bavarian state government to restore old glass paintings in Regensburg Cathedral and in Münnerstadt .

He also executed numerous stained glass windows for secular buildings, especially in Munich, including the New Town Hall , the Army Museum and the main train station. The stained glass windows for the Leipzig University (university library, Augusteum) were among his works that were destroyed in World War II.

literature

  • Gerhard J. Bellinger , Brigitte Regulator-Bellinger : Schwabings Ainmillerstrasse and its most important residents. A representative example of Munich's city history from 1888 to today. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2003, pp. 158-160 - ISBN 3-8330-0747-8 ; 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-2883-6 ; E-Book 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6264-9 .
  • Michaela Marek, Thomas Topfstedt (ed.): History of the University of Leipzig 1409–2009. Volume 5: History of Leipzig University Buildings in an Urban Context. with the participation of Uwe John (History of the University of Leipzig 1409–2009, Vol. 5). Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86583-305-1 , pp. 194, 277, 616.
  • Betina Kaun: Arwed Rossbach 1844–1902. An architect in the spirit of Semper. The complete work. Publisher Janos Stekovics, Wettin-Löbejün OT Dößel (Saalekreis) 2011, ISBN 978-3-89923-273-8 .

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SURNAME Bouché, Karl de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bouché, Carl de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German glass painter of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1920
Place of death Munich