Arnold Bocklin

{"Id":329,"Name":"Arnold Bocklin","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBOCKLIN, ARNOLD (1827\u0026mdash;1901)\u003C/strong\u003E, Swiss painter, was born at Basel on the 16th of October 1827. His father, Christian Frederick B\u0026ouml;cklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade. His mother, Ursula Lippe, was a native of the same city. In 1846 he began his studies at the Dusseldorf academy under Schirmer, who recognized in him, a student of exceptional promise, and sent him to Antwerp and Brussels, where he copied the works of Flemish and Dutch masters. B\u0026ouml;cklin then went to Paris, worked at the Louvre, and painted several landscapes; his \u003Cu\u003ELandscape and Ruin\u003C/u\u003E reveals at the same time a strong feeling for nature and a dramatic conception of scenery. After serving his time in the army he set out for Rome in March 1850, and the sight of the Eternal City was a fresh stimulus to his mind. So, too, was the influence of Italian nature and that of the dead pagan world. At Rome he married (June 20, 1853) Angela Rosa Lorenza Pascucci. In 1856 he returned to Munich, and remained there four years. He then exhibited the \u003Cu\u003EGreat Park\u003C/u\u003E, one of his earliest works, in which he treated ancient mythology with the stamp of individuality, which was the basis of his reputation. Of this period, too, are his \u003Cu\u003ENymph and Satyr\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EHeroic Landscape\u003C/u\u003E (Diana Hunting), both of 1858, and \u003Cu\u003ESappho\u003C/u\u003E (1859). These works, which were much discussed, together with \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1786\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELenbach\u0026rsquo;s\u003C/a\u003E [1836-1904] recommendation, gained him his appointment as professor at the Weimar academy. He held the office for two years, painting the \u003Cu\u003EVenus and Love\u003C/u\u003E, a \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Lenbach\u003C/u\u003E, and a \u003Cu\u003ESaint Catherine\u003C/u\u003E. He was again at Rome from 1862 to 1866, and there gave his fancy and his taste for violent colour free play in his \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Mme B\u0026ouml;cklin\u003C/u\u003E, now in the Basel gallery, in \u003Cu\u003EAn Anchorite in the Wilderness\u003C/u\u003E (1863); a \u003Cu\u003ERoman Tavern\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EVilla on the Sea-shore\u003C/u\u003E (1864); this last, one of his best pictures. He returned to Basel in 1866 to finish his frescoes in the gallery, and to paint, besides several portraits, \u003Cu\u003EThe Magdalene with Christ\u003C/u\u003E (1868); \u003Cu\u003EAnacreon\u0026rsquo;s Muse\u003C/u\u003E (1869); and \u003Cu\u003EA Castle and Warriors\u003C/u\u003E (1871). His \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/image.asp?id=2733\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Myself, with Death playing a violin\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/a\u003E (1873), was painted after his return again to Munich, where he exhibited his famous \u003Cu\u003EBattle of the Centaurs\u003C/u\u003E (in the Basel gallery); \u003Cu\u003ELandscape with Moorish Horsemen\u003C/u\u003E (in the Lucerne gallery); and \u003Cu\u003EA Farm\u003C/u\u003E (1875).\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFrom 1886 to 1892 he settled at Zurich. Of this period are the \u003Cu\u003ENaiads at Play\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EA Sea Idyll\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EWar\u003C/u\u003E. After 1892 B\u0026ouml;cklin resided at San Domenico, near Florence. An exhibition of his collected works was held at Basel from the 20th of September to the 24th of October 1897. He died on the 16th of January 1901. His life has been written by Henri Mendelssohn.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESelect Bibliography:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/u\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EHermann, F. \u003Cu\u003EGazette des Beaux Arts\u003C/u\u003E. Paris, 1893.\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003ELehrs, Max. \u003Cu\u003EArnold B\u0026ouml;cklin, Em Leitfaden zum Verstdndniss seiner Kunst\u003C/u\u003E. Munich, 1897.\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003ERitter, W. \u003Cu\u003EArnold B\u0026ouml;cklin\u003C/u\u003E. Gand, 1895.\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003ERitter, W. \u003Cu\u003EKatalog der B\u0026ouml;cklin Jubilaums Ausstellung\u003C/u\u003E. Basel, 1897.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://56.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BO/BOCKLIN_ARNOLD.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":102}