Benjamin Vautier
Benjamin Vautier (1829–1898) was a Swiss painter, university teacher and illustrator.
Also recorded as Louis Benjamin, the elder Vautier; Benjamin, the elder Vautier; Benjamin Vautier the Elder; Benjamin Louis Marc Vautier; B. Vautier.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier.
Born at Morges in 1829, died at Düsseldorf in 1898.
In detail
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. Membership is recorded of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Malkasten and Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen.
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.
Sources
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“Benjamin Vautier (Swiss artist)”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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