Rudolf Bodmer

Rudolf Bodmer (born July 2, 1805 in Stäfa , † September 6, 1841 in Zurich ) was a Swiss painter, draftsman and etcher .

He is a brother of the well-known painter, draftsman, lithographer and etcher Karl Bodmer , who became world-famous as an "Indian painter " for his work on the natives of North America on behalf of Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied .

Life

View of Mainz

Binger mouse tower

Rheinfels ruin

Marksburg

Balduin Bridge Koblenz

San Bernardino GR

After training as an etcher, lithographer and engraver by his uncle Johann Jakob Meier from Meilen, a landscape painter and engraver, Bodmer initially worked as a journeyman. He later lived near his brother Karl's family in the Zurich suburb of Riesbach . Around 1825, the two brothers went into business for themselves. Above all, prints ( vedute and vignettes ) were made, especially for the Zurich publisher F. S. Füssli . Bodmer also worked for F. Schmid, JJ Wetzel and A. Witthoff.

Karl Bodmer commissioned his brother to carry out the work during his travels in order to implement various printmaking techniques (especially aquatint ). This made Bodmer a valued specialist and artist for this technique. For the Koblenz publishers Jakob Hölscher , Franz Friedrich Röhling and Karl Baedeker , Bodmer then created a large number of aquatints of the Lahn , the Moselle and so-called "Rhine views", most of which were drawn by the Koblenz artist colleague Johann Adolf Lasinsky . As a rule, it was a matter of the printing technology implementation of landscape and architectural vedutas, especially of castle views and palaces of the Middle Rhine. The prints were sold - often colored - not only individually, but also loosely in so-called bundles (bundles) and various albums (Rhine travel books / Rhine albums), but sometimes without explanatory text or even without any imprint.

Bodmer mainly worked for other clients. It is therefore hardly possible to gain a complete overview of his life's work, especially since he is often not mentioned as a (co-) author or illustrator in book titles.

Publications (selection)

In the following section, only publications are mentioned in which Rudolf Bodmer (first name also in the spelling “Rudolph”) is identified with artistic work.

Switzerland

• JJ Meier: The new roads through the canton of Graubünden. Zurich 1825.
• The Panten Bridge in the canton of Glarus (based on a model by Carl Bodmer) 1825.
• FS Füssli: Promenade Pittoresque par les lieux les plus intéressants de la Suisse et des pays limitrophes composée de cinquante vues en miniature. Dessinées et cravées by C. Bodmer, S. Corrodi & R. Bodmer. Zurich 1828, 1829, 1831, 1835.
• JJ Meier: Souvenirs de St. Maurice. Zurich 1835.

Germany

• F. Röhling (Ed.): The Rhine Valley from Rüdesheim to Bonn. In picturesque views, especially of the knight's castles. According to nature signed by JA Lasinsky. Etched in aqua tinta by R. Bodmer. F. Röhling. Koblenz 1829.
• Panorama of Coblenz and its surroundings. Taken from the Pfaffendorfer Höhe by Carl Bodmer, etched in aqua tinta by Rudolph Bodmer. Koblenz 1830.
• Album of the Rhine. A collection of the most interesting views between Cologne, Koblenz and Mainz. Koblenz, Karl Baedecker (undated)
• Picturesque views of the Moselle from Trier to Coblenz. Drawn from nature by C. Bodmer. Etched in acqua tinta by R. Bodmer. 24 sheets. Jakob Hölscher, Koblenz 1831.
• Jakob Hölscher (Ed.): The Moselle valley from Trier to Coblenz. In picturesque views, drawn from nature by C. Bodmer, etched in acqua tinta by R. Bodmer. 30 sheets. Koblenz 1831-1833
• JA Lasinsky: Panorama of Trier. Koblenz 1833.
• Jakob Hölscher (Hrsg.): Picturesque view of Nassau and Lahnstein. Drawn by Carl Bodmer and engraved by Rudolph Bodmer. Koblenz 1833.
• Jakob Hölscher (Ed.): Picturesque views of the Moselle in 30 sheets, drawn by Carl Bodmer and engraved by Rudolph Bodmer, Hegy and others. Koblenz (no year)
• Jakob Hölscher (Ed.): Panorama of Trier and its surroundings, drawn from nature by Carl Bodmer, in aquatint by Rudolph Bodmer, colored or painted in gouache, 50 × 10 1/2 inches. Koblenz 1833/34.
• FC Eisen (Ed.): Views of the Rhine based on nature drawn by Carl Bodmer, Hegi et al. In fourteen sheets in three copies. Cologne (no year)
• Jakob Hölscher (Hrsg.): Picturesque views of the Rhine and the Lahn. Photographed from nature by Carl Bodmer, engraved by the most excellent artists in France and Switzerland (R. Bodmer, Ruef, Salathé, Himely, Martin, etc.). Koblenz 1836/37.
• FC Eisen (Ed.): Six views of the Rhine, based on the nature by Karl Bodmer, engraved by Rudolf Bodmer. Cologne 1837.
• Karl Baedeker (Ed.): The Rhine Valley from Mainz to Cologne. In picturesque views, especially of the knight's castles. Drawn from nature by JA Lasinsky u. A., engraved by R. Bodmer u. A. 45 leaves. K. Baedeker. Koblenz 1839
• Jakob Hölscher (Ed.): Koblenz and its surroundings in eight sheets by Carl Bodmer and Siegmund, faithfully taken from nature. Engraved in aquatint by Rudolph Bodmer, Martens and Vogel. Koblenz (no year)
• Jakob Hölscher (Hrsg.): Picturesque views of Coblenz and its surroundings. In eight sheets faithfully taken from nature by Carl Bodmer and Siegmund, engraved in aquatint by Rudolph Bodmer, Martres and Vogler. Koblenz 1839
• Views of the Rhine [The Rhine Valley from Mainz to Cologne]. With the draftsmen JA Lasinsky, G. Müller, JJ Siegmund and the engravers R. Bodmer, C. Dikenman, F. Hegi, H. Siegfried and J. Sperli, 45 sheets. [Koblenz, o. Ed. O. V. o. O., o. Year around 1840]
• Rudolf Bodmer: Overall view of Trier from the southeast. (9 × 14.8 cm). Trier 1841.
• Jakob Hölscher (Hrsg.): The Moselle and its immediate surroundings from Metz to Coblenz (texts by Otto von Czarnowsky). Koblenz 1841.
• Willy Leson (Ed.): Romantic journey through the Moselle valley. From Koblenz to Trier. With graphics by Carl Bodmer and texts by Johann August Klein and Christian von Stramberg. [With the engravers Rudolf Bodmer, F. Hegi, GL v. Kress, Martens and Ruff] Cologne 1978 ISBN 978-3-7616-0422-9 .

literature

• Hans Vollmer : Bodmer, Rudolf . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 170 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Othmar Metzger: Rudolf and Karl Bodmer's activity in the Rhineland (1832–1841). In: Yearbook for History and Art of the Middle Rhine and its Neighboring Areas 12/13, Neuwied [1962], pp. 71–77.
• Bodmer (Rudolf). In: E. Bénézit: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres et Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Nouvelle edition, Volume 1: A – C. Gründ, Paris 1924, p. 633 (French, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• E. Heitger: The Koblenz painters and their works in the 1st half of the 19th century Bonn 1982.
• General artist lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples. Volume 12:, Saur, Munich et al. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22752-3 Rudolf Bodmer . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 12, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22752-3 . KG SAUR (ed.): The visual artists of all times and peoples. Volume 12: Bobrov – Bordacev. KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-598-22752-3 , p. 91.
• Biographical lexicon of Swiss art. Including the Principality of Liechtenstein. Dictionnaire biographique de l'art suisse, Dizionario dell'arte svizzera. Zurich and Lausanne. Zurich 1998, ISBN 978-3-85823-673-9 .
• Irene Haberland: Between art and commerce - illustrated books on the Rhine from the 17th to the 19th century - from the holdings of the Rhineland State Library Koblenz (= publications of the State Library Center Rhineland-Palatinate 1). Koblenz 2005, ISBN 978-7-7887-7887-1 .

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Bodmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rudolf Bodmer (Swiss, 1805–1841). artnet.de