Ernest Bieler

Ernest Bieler studied at Académie Julian. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Ernest Bieler is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Valais Art Museum and Hermitage Foundation collection. Distinctions recorded are Legion of Honour.

• Name — Ernest Biéler • Born — 31 July 1863 • Birthplace — Rolle, Switzerland • Died — 25 June 1948 • Place of death — Lausanne, Switzerland • Field — Painting, drawing, printmaking • Education — Académie Julian, Paris • Awards — Orde national de la Légion d'honneur • Website — https: www.ernest-bieler.ch/

He was born in Rolle, Switzerland. After completing his education in Lausanne, he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1900, he received the silver medal of the Exposition Universelle of Paris. He founded with Raphaël Ritz, Edouard Vallet and others, the École de Savièse. He was made a Knight of the Légion d'honneur. Although he travelled widely, he remained attached to Savièse and often depicted scenes of peasant life with a remarkable degree of detail. Bieler also produced stained glass windows for the church and the federal building in Bern, and decorated a ceiling for the City Theatre in Berne. He also painted the interior of the Victoria Hall, but this work was destroyed during the 1984 fire of the building. He died in 1948 in Lausanne.