Louis Léopold Robert
Louis Léopold Robert , (born May 13, 1794 in Les Eplatures (today La Chaux-de-Fonds ), Canton of Neuchâtel , † March 20, 1835 in Venice ) was a Swiss painter .
Life
Robert studied in Paris with the engraver Edouard Girardet and the painter Jacques-Louis David . With their support, he went to Rome in 1818 and mostly dealt with genre painting . His sketches and studies from everyday life formed the basis of his paintings. His depictions from the life of robbers also became known.
In 1822 Robert stayed in Naples for a long time, and it was there that he found the inspiration for one of his most important pictures, The Improvisator . This was created the following year, also after some preliminary work. In 1831 Robert stayed in Paris for a few months, then in 1832 he settled in Venice . According to the judgment of contemporaries, Robert suffered from attacks of melancholy from this time on .
When he extremely unhappy in the Princess Charlotte Bonaparte fell, he committed on March 20, 1835 in Venice suicide .
reception
Public and art critics alike praised his genre paintings from Italian folk life very much. However, Robert only showed everyday life in a sensitive idealization.
Honors
In his honor, the most important main street in La Chaux-de-Fonds is called Avenue Léopold Robert .
Works (selection)
- The sleeping brigant ( National Gallery Berlin )
- Return from the Feast of the Madonna del Arco (1827, Louvre )
- The arrival of the reapers in the Pontine Marshes (1830, Louvre)
- Departure of the fishermen of the Adriatic Sea . 1834
- The improviser
literature
- Robert, Léopold . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 422 .
- New necrology of the Germans . 13th year, first part. Bernh. Mrs. Voigt., Weimar 1837, p. 297-303 ( books.google.de ).
- Louis Léopold Robert . In: New Year's paper of the artist society in Zurich for 1841 . 1841, p. 3–12 ( books.google.de ).
- Marcel Fischer : Leopold Robert as a draftsman . In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 31, Issue 10, 1944, pp. 293–298.
Web links
- Marc Fehlmann: Robert, Léopold. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Cecilia Hurley: Robert, Louis-Léopold. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert, Louis Léopold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robert, Léopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Eplatures at La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1835 |
| Place of death | Venice |