Louis Reguin

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Louis Ernest Reguin (born June 29, 1872 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , † December 22, 1948 ibid) was a Swiss draftsman, enamel painter , engraver and miniaturist .

Life

From 1889 to 1895 he trained as an engraver and enamel painter at the Ecole des arts appliqués à l'industrie in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He was friends with Charles L'Eplattenier , Leon Perrin and André Evard , who became his son-in-law in 1928.

After marrying the watchmaker Milca Ducommun, Reguin worked as a freelance artist in his own studio in La Chaux-de-Fonds. His craftsmanship earned him orders from solvent customers. Reguin created enamel miniatures for the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and a prince from the house of the Ethiopian Negus . The enamel miniatures by Louis Reguin show high technical as well as artistic skill. In just a few square centimeters , Louis Reguin succeeded in conveying the physical and psychological peculiarities of personalities , the monumentality of mountainous landscapes , the poetry of genre pictures and the delicacy of flowers .

Most of his graphic works were created while hiking. In nature, Louis Reguin found his personal form of expression in free drawing. The resulting works show nature and landscape still largely untouched by humans.

literature

  • Jean-Pierre Jelmini: L'Art Neuchâtelois - Deux siècles de création . Gilles Attinger, 1992, ISBN 2-88256-058-3 .
  • Marie-Eve Scheurer: Louis Reguin - Peintures et dessins, émaux . Gilles Attinger, 1998, ISBN 2-88256-096-6 .
  • Swiss Institute for Art Research Zurich and Lausanne (ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85823-673-X .
  • Cathrine Cardinal: Splendeurs de l'email . 1999, ISBN 2-940088-05-5 .
  • Louis Reguin, l'artiste qui necherchait pas les honneurs . In: Pays Neuchâtelois . tape 18 , 1999.
  • Marco Jorio (Ed.): Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . Schwabe, Basel 2002, ISBN 3-7965-1900-8 .
  • An extraordinary cultural asset in Giessbach: the Louis Ernest Reguin exhibition . In: Journal Franz Weber . 64, April / May / June, 2003.
  • Institut L'Homme et le Temps (ed.): Louis Reguin - Miniatures Monumentales . Athena, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89896-332-9 .
  • Louis Ernest Reguin miniaturist . In: Metal Stone & Glass . 45, summer. Australia 2008.
  • Louis Reguin Miniatures monumentales - miniature painting Miniatures monumentales . In: Gathering Collection . 72, August / September, 2008, pp. 12 .
  • The MIH pays tribute to Swiss artists . In: HH Journal . 18, summer, 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Reguin, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reguin, Louis Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss enamel painter and miniaturist
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH La Chaux-de-Fonds
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1948
Place of death La Chaux-de-Fonds