Rudolf Durheim
Johann Ludwig Rudolf Durheim (born February 11, 1811 in Bern , † February 15, 1895 ibid) was a Swiss landscape , oriental and genre painting .
Rudolf Durheim was the son of the baker Rudolf Gottlieb Durheim. He became a student of Jean-Léonard Lugardon in Geneva and Ary Scheffer in Paris .
Rudolf Durheim lived in Basel from 1842 to 1846 , then he undertook long trips to Italy and the Middle East ( Egypt , Palestine , Syria ). In 1857 he settled in his hometown of Bern. He was friends with the painter Albert Anker .
In addition to genre representations and portraits, he created numerous landscape pictures while traveling, often from the oriental milieu in oil painting, as watercolors and drawings. In addition to his own works, he made copies of the works of old masters.
In March 1888 he exhibited 120 of his works from the Orient at a special exhibition.
After his death, the Gottfried Keller Foundation bought Durheim's works from his legacy and handed them over to the Bern Art Museum .
literature
- Carl Brun: Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon , Vol. 1, Huber, Frauenfeld 1905, pp. 402-403
- Hans Christoph von Tavel: Paths to Art in the Art Museum Bern. 1993, ISBN 3-72020004-3 .
Web links
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Durheim, Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Durheim, Johann Ludwig Rudolf. In: Sikart
- Rudolf Durheim at the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
- Works by Johann-Ludwig Rudolf Durheim on artnet
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durheim, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Durheim, Johann Ludwig Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss landscape painter, oriental painter and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1895 |
| Place of death | Bern |