Benjamin Vautier
Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (27 April 1829 – 25 April 1898) was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator.
Also recorded as Louis Benjamin, the elder Vautier · Benjamin, the elder Vautier · Benjamin Vautier the Elder · Benjamin Louis Marc Vautier
Benjamin Vautier
Benjamin Vautier · Koller Auktionen, 23. September 2016, Lot 3208 · Public domain
- Birth Name
- Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier
- Born
- 27 April 1829
- Birthplace
- Morges, Switzerland
- Place of death
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Education
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Occupation
- Genre painter, Illustrator
- Full name
- Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier.
- Died
- 1898 · Düsseldorf.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- genre painting
- Teachers
- Jules Hebert · Jean-Léonard Lugardon · Rudolf Jordan · Karl Ferdinand Sohn
- Honours
- Order of Franz Joseph · Order of the Red Eagle · Order of Saint Michael
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Biography
Biography
Benjamin Vautier studied at Musée Rath and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Training under Jules Hebert, Jean-Léonard Lugardon and Rudolf Jordan is recorded. Mihály Munkácsy, Carl Sundt-Hansen and Agnes Börjesson are recorded as having studied under Benjamin Vautier. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is genre painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Düsseldorf. Employment is recorded with Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Work by Benjamin Vautier is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Museum Kunsthaus Heylshof, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Moravian Gallery in Brno. Distinctions recorded are Order of Franz Joseph, Order of the Red Eagle and Order of Saint Michael.
Benjamin Vautier 1873, teilkolorierter Holzstich, ca. 14 x 12 cm
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Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier • Born — 27 April 1829 • Birthplace — Morges, Switzerland • Place of death — Düsseldorf, Germany • Education — Kunstakademie Düsseldorf • Occupation — Genre painter, Illustrator
Early life and education
Early life and education
He was born in Morges. He was the son of a teacher and began his art studies in Geneva, then worked for two years as a jewelry enamel painter. In 1849, he obtained a position in the studios of history painter Jean-Léonard Lugardon. While there, he also took courses in anatomical drawing at a nearby art school.
Work
Work
He began attending the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1849 and became a member of "Malkasten" (Paintbox), a local artists' association. He left the Academy for one year to work with Rudolf Jordan as a private student. Eventually, he decided to devote himself to depicting peasant life, which he observed for several years by visiting the Bernese Oberland. In 1856 he went to Paris but returned to Düsseldorf a year later and painted his first peasant genre pictures. Initially, he focused on Switzerland, but finally decided to concentrate on the Black Forest region. He also worked as an illustrator (Der Oberhof by Karl Leberecht Immermann, Barfüßele by Berthold Auerbach, and others). Later, he became a Royal Professor at the Academy in Düsseldorf.
Death
Death
He died in 1898 in Düsseldorf.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Vautier's Self-Portrait, 1888 • Illustration — Kinder beim Mittagessen (Children at Lunch, 1857)
Life and career
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Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1829
Benjamin Vautier born at Morges.
1898
Benjamin Vautier died at Düsseldorf.
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Morges.
Birth place
Düsseldorf.
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Illustrations online (selection)
Digitalized by the University and State Library Düsseldorf: • In: Album deutscher Kunst und Dichtung. Mit Holzschnitten nach Originalzeichnungen der Künstler, ausgeführt von R. Brend'amour. Friedrich Bodenstedt. - Berlin: Grote, 1867. • In: Aquarelle Düsseldorfer Künstler: den kunstsinnigen Damen gewidmet. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, 1861. English Edition: Aquarels of Düsseldorf artists. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, 1852. • Auerbach, Berthold. Barfüßele. - Stuttgart: Cotta, 1870. • In: Düsseldorfer Bilder-Mappe: Original-Zeichnungen. - Berlin: Grote, 1866. • In: Howitt, Mary Botham. The Dusseldorf artist's album. - Dusseldorf: Arnz, 1854. • Kurzweil und Zeitvertreib: Bilder aus dem Leben in 12 Bleistiftzeichnungen. - München: Ackermann, 1884. • In: Märchen und Sagen für Jung und Alt. - Düsseldorf: Arnz: Voß, 1857, Vol.2 • Immermann, Karl. Der Oberhof: aus Immermann's Münchhausen. - Berlin: Hofmann, 1863. • In: Stieler, K./Wachenhusen, H. /Hackländer, F. W.: Rheinfahrt: Von den Quellen des Rheins bis zum Meere. - Stuttgart: Kröner, 1875. • In: Diethoff, E. Vom Rhein. Bilder und Geschichten aus alter und neuer Zeit. - Leipzig: Payne, 1871. • Gedichte. Arnz, Düsseldorf 1852
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- 1.Jacques Longchamp: Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (der Ältere). Eine Monografie. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2015, S. 41.
- 2.Jacques Longchamp: Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (der Ältere). Eine Monografie. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2015, S. 44.
- 3.Jacques Longchamp: Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (der Ältere). Eine Monografie. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2015, S. 45.
- 4.Wend von Kalnein (Hrsg.): Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9, S. 492.
- 5.Jacques Longchamp: Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (der Ältere). Eine Monografie. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2015, S. 48.
- 6.Volker Frech: Lebende Bilder und Musik am Beispiel der Düsseldorfer Kultur. Diplomica Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-8386-3062-9.
- 7.In: Adreß-Buch der Oberbürgermeisterei Düsseldorf, 1889.
- 8.Abbildung „Vautier-Denkmal“, Karl Janssen. In: Friedrich Schaarschmidt: Zur Geschichte der düsseldorfer Kunst; insbesondere im XIX. Jahrhundert. Hrsg. von Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen. S. 380; .
- 9.Wolfgang Funken: Geschichte der Kunstwerke und kulturellen Zeichen im öffentlichen Raum der Landeshauptstadt, Ars Publica Düsseldorf, 2012, Band 3, Objekt-Nr. 1286, ISBN 3-8375-0775-0, S. 1325.
- 10.Bertha Margaretha Luisa Euler, genealogisches Datenblatt im Portal gw.geneanet.org, abgerufen am 9. Januar 2025
- 11.Bertha Euler, genealogisches Datenblatt im Portal myheritage.de, abgerufen am 9. Januar 2025
- 12.Jacques Longchamp: Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (der Ältere). Eine Monografie. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2015, S. 49.
- 13.Civilstand Eheversprechen 30. Juli 1880: Regierungs-Assessor Hermann Wätjen und Klara Vautier, b. v. h., in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt, No. 205, vom 3. August 1880
- 14.Vautier, Otto, II (Swiss artist, 1893–1918)
- 15.Vautier, Benjamin, the younger (Swiss painter, 1895–1974)
- 16.Paul Louis Vautier ist der Sohn von Marc Louis Benjamin und der Bertha Marguerite, geborene Euler. 20160527131727.
- 17.Rosina Viva, Namensvariante Vautier, auf SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz
- 18.Bildnis des Max Vautier, 1923, Bildnis des Max Vautier von Rudolf Levy, auf Artnet, abgerufen am 27. Mai 2016.
- 19.Barbara Roosen: Benjamin Vautier – Einführung in das Werk und Überlegungen zur autothematischen Reflexion des künstlerischen Selbstverständnisses. Universität Bonn, Diss. 2007. . Biografischer Überblick Benjamin Vautier: wird am 18. Juli in Neapel als Sohn der irischstämmigen Janet Giraud aus Antibes und dem aus einer Schweizer Malerfamilie stammenden Max Ferdinand Vautier geboren.
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