Maurice Reymond de Broutelles

J. Maurice Reymond de Broutelles (also Maurice Reymond , also de Brouteilles ; born April 25, 1862 in Geneva , † November 17, 1936 in Paris ) was a Swiss sculptor , painter and etcher who worked in Paris.

Reymond studied at the École des Beaux-Arts with Henri Chapu and Félix-Joseph Barrias . In Paris, where he had his studio, he exhibited regularly in the large salons . At the World's Fairs of Paris in 1889 and in 1900 he won with his works a bronze (1889) and a silver medal (1900).

Works (selection)

Statue of the contemporary historian at the Bundeshaus in Bern .

Sculptures:

• Calm (plaster statue) and bust of a child ( bronze ) in the Musée Rath in Geneva.
• Statues of Polynesia and South America at the Hôtel des Postes (main post office) in Geneva.
• Bronze bust of Henri-Frédéric Amiels at the University of Geneva .
• Bronze bust of expression study in the museum of Winterthur .
• Bronze statue of Major Davel in Lausanne (1891).
• The anger , bas-relief .
• A damned one ( Dante ), marble.
• Bronze busts by Mathias Morhardt and Félix Vallotton .
• Bronze statues historians of the past and historians of the present to the left and right of the main portal of the Federal Palace in Bern (1901).
• The heads of “Wisdom”, “Strength” and “Courage”, ibid; Building decorations in stone.
• Alexandre Vinets statue in Lausanne.

Painting:

• Nue assise dans les fleurs , act , 1922.

swell

1. ↑ Reymond (de Broutelles) J. Maurice. In: H. Vollmer: General Lexicon of the Visual Artists. Volume IV, EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1958.
2. ↑ Reymond de Broutelles, J. Maurice. In: Bénézit . vol. 11, 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3021-4 .
3. ^ P. Veillon: Reymond de Brouteilles, Maurice. In: C. Brun: Swiss Artist Lexicon. Published by Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1908.

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