Octavie de Lasalle

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Octavie de Lasalle

Octavie Elisabeth Maria de Lasalle von Louisenthal (born December 16, 1811 in Metz , Lorraine , † February 25, 1890 in Dagstuhl ) was a 19th century painter . She lived in Dagstuhl Castle near Wadern in what is now Saarland ; her noble family was of French origin. Octavie is popularly known as the "painter countess".

biography

The parents of Octavie de Lasalle: Wilhelm Albert de Lasalle von Louisenthal (1768–1845) and Marie Lucie de Lasalle von Louisenthal, b. d'Augier (1775–1854), oil on zinc, 54 × 33 cm, private collection

The de Lasalle family came to Lorraine from the French Languedoc in connection with the construction of the fortress town of Saarlouis . In 1807, Wilhelm Albert de Lasalle von Louisenthal (1768–1845) and his wife Marie Lucie d'Augier (1775–1854) moved into Dagstuhl Castle near Wadern in what is now Saarland . Their daughter Octavie, the ninth of eleven children, was born in Metz in 1811 .

The Lasalles maintained regular contact with their relatives in Paris and with the Bavarian royal court in Munich . Octavie grew up in a French and German environment. She played the piano, harp and organ. Her father was interested in painting and gifted. From 1836 Octavie took painting lessons in Munich and Nuremberg , among others with the sculptor Franz Woltreck (1800–1847).

In 1838 the painting “Pilgrims of the Rhine” and portraits of the painter were exhibited in Munich. In 1839 she began to paint the castle chapel of her residence Dagstuhl; the work dragged on for over 40 years. On the Dagstuhl castle , which was already in ruins at that time, to Octavie was a "painter house" built.

In 1840 Octavie de Lasalle had a son as a result of an affair in Bad Ems ; however, she remained unmarried. Father of the son Johann Matthias was the later Prussian King and German Emperor Wilhelm I. According to the social convention, the child had to be handed over to a wet nurse in Trier , which was a lifelong psychological burden for Octavie. In 1842 she was accepted into the Order of St. Anne as an honorary canons . In 1843, Octavie founded the Elisabeth Association at Dagstuhl Castle, which, following the example of Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia, looks after people in need and still exists today.

In 1854, Octavie was in private audience with Pope Pius IX. receive. In 1856 the Lasalle family donated a house to care for the poor and the sick in Wadern, from which the St. Elisabeth Hospital Clinic later emerged under the leadership of the Franciscan Sisters of Waldbreitbach . From 1863, Octavie created a series of crossroads . In 1865 she met the order's founder, Rosa Flesch , to whom she was friends. Octavie de Lasalle died in Dagstuhl in 1890, where she was buried in the family crypt.

literature

  • Günther Molz: The painter countess Octavie de Lasalle von Louisenthal von Dagstuhl and her artistic estate. Dagstuhl historical images. Association for local history Wadern, 1990
  • Jakob Adam Backes: Octavie de Lasalle by Louisenthal and mother Rosa Flesch. Waldbreitbach, 2003
  • Thomas Wiercinski: Leaflet for the exhibition The world of Octavie . Wadern, 2005
  • Isabel Bach: Octavie de Lasalle from Louisenthal. Painter from Dagstuhl. MDV, Merzig, 2008. ISBN 978-3-938415-39-9 .
  • Thomas Wiercinski: The painter from Schloss Dagstuhl, Saar stories, magazine for regional culture and history, (Ed .: Historical Association for the Saar Region), 2, 2011, pp. 4–10.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Octavie de Lasalle in the portal "Künstlerlexikon Saar" . Last change: December 7, 2011
  2. ↑ Octavie de Lasalle in the portal "Saarland Biographies" ( Memento from August 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Ruth Bauer: Between Convention and Artistry, in: Saargeschichten, magazine for regional culture and history, (Ed .: Historical Association for the Saar Region), 2, 2011, p. 6.
  4. ↑ Ruth Wagner: Doing good like Elisabeth of Thuringia . Saarbrücker Zeitung, November 29, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Lasalle, Octavie de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Octavie Elisabeth Maria de Lasalle von Louisenthal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-French painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz , Lorraine
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1890
Place of death Dagstuhl