Xaver Schwegler
Xaver Schwegler (born December 3, 1832 in Lucerne ; † January 16, 1902 there ) was a Swiss painter and lithographer .
biography
Xaver Schwegler, son of the painter Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866), had his first painting lessons in his father's studio, who was a professor at the Cantonal Drawing School. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich from December 1, 1851, and dropped out after eight months. He returned to Lucerne and worked as a genre and landscape painter.
From 1858 Schwegler studied nude painting in Paris for nine months in Charles Gleyre's studio and attended the École des Beaux-Arts . In 1860 he founded the "Lithographische Anstalt Schwegler & Söhne" together with his father and brother Josef. After his father's death in 1866, he replaced him as a teacher in the Lucerne drawing school until 1869. He was a member of the Lucerne Art Society. In addition to the large-format pictures, he painted miniatures on ivory and also created lithographs.
literature
- Schwegler, Xaver . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936.
- Eugen Meyer-Sidler: Three artists with the name Schwegler from the Lucerne hinterland. In: Heimatkunde Wiggertal, Vol. 42, 1984, pp. 9-109. ( Digitized version )
- Michael Riedler: Idyllic Lucerne, Lucerne a hundred years ago. 1987.
Web links
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich
- Markus Lischer: Schwegler, Xaver. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Xaver Schwegler in the online collection of the Kunstmuseum Luzern
- Schwegler, Xaver. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwegler, Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwegler, Josef Julius Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1902 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |