Théodore Renkewitz
Frédéric Théodore Renkewitz (born July 4, 1833 in Jamaica , † November 4, 1910 in Châtelard-sur-Montreux ) was a British landscape and architecture painter in Montreux / France.
Life
Frédéric Théodore Renkewitz was born on July 4, 1833 in Jamaica as a British citizen of Prussian descent. He lived in Great Britain , Ireland and, like many other British people , settled in Montreux in 1862 in the mild climate of this region. He lived in the Château du Grand-Clos near Rennaz and opened a youth boarding school there in the Villa Haute-Rive in Montreux around 1870. This villa was surrounded by vines in the Rue de la Paix, which was to the west of the Hôtel Europe. Most of the young British people who brought football to this region lived in this villa, which is why one of the first football clubs in this region is called “Montreux-Narcisses”. He had two children who also lived in Montreux. The children's surname was converted into French into "Renque". He was an exact painter who left many watercolors and pencil sketches of the region around Montreux in photographic quality.
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- Renkewitz, Frédéric Théodore. In: Sikart
- Musée de Montreux, Théodore Renkewitz (1833–1912) , February 8, 2006
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| SURNAME | Renkewitz, Théodore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Renkewitz, Frédéric Théodore (full name); Renkewitz, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British landscape and architecture painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jamaica |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1910 |
| Place of death | Châtelard-sur-Montreux , Canton of Vaud |