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Alphonse Stengelin (1852-1938) was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer who spent much of his life working outside France. He is remembered mostly for his landscapes.

Alphonse Stengelin
Rotogravure by José Frappa [fr] from L'Œuvre d'art (1895)
Born	(1852-09-26)26 September 1852 Lyon, France
Died	12 March 1938(1938-03-12) (aged 85) Satigny, Switzerland

Biography

He was born in a home that had been designed by the architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot, designer of the Panthéon. His parents were Swiss.[1][2][3][4] His father was a banker, associated with the banking house of Evesque & Cie.[5]

After studying at the Collège-lycée Ampère, he enrolled at the École des beaux-arts de Lyon and became a student of the school's Director, Joseph Guichard. He also worked with Augustin Chenu and Florian-Némorin Cabane (1831-1922), both landscape painters.[6] He spent much of his time copying the Old Masters at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon and was a great admirer of Rembrandt.[5]

He eventually went to Paris and opened a small studio in Montmartre. From 1875 to 1910 he travelled extensively, visiting Germany, Switzerland and Italy.[5] As the years passed, he spent more time in the Netherlands, where he not only painted but also produced engravings of his earlier paintings.[7] The small towns of Hooghalen and Katwijk and the farming country of Bresse were among his favorite locations.[5]

In 1888, he married his cousin, Coraly Stengelin (1860-1945) and they had four children. A street in Katwijk was named after him in 1907, after which he signed his works as "Stengelin van Katwijk".[5] Until 1914, he divided his time between the Netherlands and a small house in Écully. In 1978, a "Place Alphonse Stengelin" was dedicated there.[8]

He died in 1938 in Switzerland, where he had gone to live with his brother, Henri.

His works may be seen at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille and the Musée d'arts de Nantes.

References

Further reading

• Philip Zilcken, Catalogue descriptif des eaux-fortes et lithographies d'Alphonse Stengelin, La Haye, Mouton, 1910.
• Raymond Bouyer, "Alphonse Stengelin, peintre-graveur", In: Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, Paris, August 1910.
• Ernest Christen, Roger Oberkampf de Dabrun, Alphonse Stengelin van Katwijk. Sa Vie, son œuvre, publié a l’occasion de son 80e anniversaire, Genève/Écully, September 1932.
• Nicole Lemoine, Alphonse Stengelin, peintre lyonnais de la Hollande, mémoire de maîtrise, Écully, 1985 — Catalogue général de la BNF.

External links

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• Alphonse Stengelin @ the Base Joconde

На других языках

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[de] Alphonse Stengelin

Alphonse Stengelin, auch Stengelin van Katwijk (* 26. September 1852 in Lyon; † 12. März 1938 in Satigny) war ein französischer Porträt- und Landschaftsmaler, Graveur, Radierer und Lithograf.

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- [en] Alphonse Stengelin

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[fr] Alphonse Stengelin

Alphonse Stengelin (1852-1938) est un peintre, graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français, ayant travaillé entre autres aux Pays-Bas et en Suisse une partie de sa vie.

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