Raphael Christians

Relief from 1861, by Raphael Christen on the monument to Père Girard in Friborg (Switzerland)

Relief on the Père Girard monument in Friborg (Switzerland)

Raphael Christen (born July 16, 1811 in Basel , † January 14, 1880 in Bern ) was a Swiss sculptor .

He was the son of the sculptor Joseph Maria Christen . He completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor with Valentin Sonnenschein and Joseph Simon Volmar in Bern .

Karl Viktor von Bonstetten made it possible for him to stay in Rome , where he continued his education at Bertel Thorvaldsen . After that he was a teacher at the wood carving school in Brienz for a short time and finally settled in Bern. He created numerous busts, including a. 1847 by Guillaume-Henri Dufour and around 1848 by Friedrich Frey-Herosé . His most important works include four statues on the facade of the Swiss National Bank , two round medallions at the Kunstmuseum Bern and the bronze statue of Berna des Bernabrunnen .

Further works are two reliefs on the Père Girard monument in Friborg (Switzerland) from 1861. One depicts Père Girard as the educator of the children, the other the scholar in his study.

literature

Tapan Bhattacharya: Christians, Raphael. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Barbara Imboden: Christians, Raphael Georg Jakob. In: Sikart

Web links

Commons : Raphael Christen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual notes

↑ Marcel Strub: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du canton de Friborg . Tome 1: La ville de Friborg (= La société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse [ed.]: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire de la Suisse ). Birkäuser, Basel 1964, p. 201 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Christians, Raphael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 16, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1880
Place of death	Bern

[1] Marcel Strub: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du canton de Friborg . Tome 1: La ville de Friborg (= La société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse [ed.]: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire de la Suisse ). Birkäuser, Basel 1964, p. 201 (French).