Théodore Wüst

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Théodore Wüst (* 1843 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1915 in Strasbourg ) was a German portrait and genre painter as well as an illustrator and copperplate engraver .

Little is known about the life of the artist Théodore Wüst. What is certain is that Wüst went to Paris before 1861 to study painting in Léon Cogniet's studio . Around 1873 Wüst then moved to New York , where he worked as an illustrator, among other things.

A second visit to Paris followed from 1878 at the latest. After 1887 he lived in Strasbourg as a portraitist and miniature painter.

Works (selection)

  • Deux Études , watercolor, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1878, No. 3978)
  • Portrait de Mme H… , watercolor, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1878, No. 3977)
  • Portrait de MBF , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1879, No. 3014)
  • Étude de femme , watercolor, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1880, No. 6033)
  • Flirtation , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1880, No. 3926)
  • Portrait , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1881, No. 2429)
  • Le bord de la mer , watercolor, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1881, No. 3546)
  • Portrait de Mlle LB , watercolor, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1881, No. 3545)
  • Portrait de Mlle B. , pastel, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1882, No. 4031)
  • Portrait de Mlle HM , pastel, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1883, No. 3253)
  • Portrait de Mme H ... , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1883, No. 859)
  • Portrait de Mlle B… , pastel, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1883, No. 860) 
  • Portrait de Mlle B… , pastel, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1884, No. 3232) 
  • La tentation de Saint Antoine (after Jean-Joseph Weerts ), copper engraving, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1885, no.5033) 
  • La morte, pastel , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1886, No. 3412)
  • L'hiver , copper engraving, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1886, No. 5414)
  • Portrait de M. le docteur W… , copper engraving, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1887, no. 5315)

literature

  • Gitta Ho: Wüst (Wust, Wuest), Théodore , in: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870 , de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2015. ISBN 978-3-11-035006-7 , pp.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris, Archives nationales , F21 624, Élèves étrangers (admissions) - Wüst (Théodore) (administrative files; letter from Wüst dated April 16, 1864 to the management of the École des beaux-arts ).
personal data
SURNAME Wüst, Théodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German portrait and genre painter as well as illustrator and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1915
Place of death Strasbourg