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Léo-Paul Robert | |
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Born | 19 March 1851
Biel/Bienne |
Died | 10 October 1923
(aged 72) Orvin |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Painter, illustrator |
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Léo-Paul Samuel Robert [1] (19 March 1851 - 10 September 1923), also known as Paul Robert, was a Swiss painter, known for his depictions of birds and other wildlife.
Paul Robert was born in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, on 19 March 1851, to Aurèle Robert , [2] who, like his brother Louis Léopold Robert was a painter.
Paul trained under his father, and then, in 1869, at the Munich Academy of Arts. [2]
After the death of his father in December 1871, he visited Verona, Venice, Ravenna, Bologna and Florence. [2]
After initially painting allegories, Robert turned his talents next to landscapes, and eventually to watercolours of birds and caterpillars.
His painting Zéphyrs d'un beau soir won a gold medal when exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1877. [3]
From 1886 to 1894, he was responsible for the decoration of the staircase at the Musée des beaux-arts de Neuchâtel (now the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire), [2] comprising three monumental murals; still extant. [4]
He illustrated an edition of Jeremias Gotthelf's 1842 book The Black Spider. [3]
From 1891 to 1897 he was a member of the Swiss Federal Commission of Fine Arts and from 1894 to 1918 of the Commission of the Gottfried Keller Foundation. [3]
In 1900 he made a mosaic mural in glass, "The Age of History", also extant, and featuring the figures of Poetry and History, for the facade of the Bern Historical Museum. [5]
Robert was also ordained as a minister in the protestant tradition. [3]
He died on 10 October 1923 in Orvin, Switzerland. [2]
Three of Robert's sons Théophile , Philippe and Paul-André were painters; Paul-André also painted nature subjects. [6]
Several of his works are in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire at Neuchâtel.
The Neues Museum Biel houses the 3,000 works of the "Foundation Robert", [6] including hundreds by Paul, and others by the rest of his family. [7]
The street Paul-Robert-Weg [8] in Biel/Bienne is named in his honour.