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Auguste Babberger BIOGRAPHY
1885 Hausen im Wiesenthal - 1936 Altdorf. Known for: Painting.
In 1895, the Babbergers came from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, where August Babberger spent the best part of his school days and later completed an apprenticeship with a master painter. Back in... Read full biography
In 1895, the Babbergers came from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, where August Babberger spent the best part of his school days and later completed an apprenticeship with a master painter. Back in Germany, he attended a course in etching for a year, and finally received a scholarship for the... Read full biography
In 1895, the Babbergers came from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, where August Babberger spent the best part of his school days and later completed an apprenticeship with a master painter. Back in Germany, he attended a course in etching for a year, and finally received a scholarship for the Accademia Internationale di Belle Arti in Florence, where Augusto Giacometti was his teacher from 1909 to 1911. Symbolism and Art Nouveau influenced Babberger's early work. His model was Ferdinand Hodler,... Read full biography
In 1895, the Babbergers came from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, where August Babberger spent the best part of his school days and later completed an apprenticeship with a master painter. Back in Germany, he attended a course in etching for a year, and finally received a scholarship for the Accademia Internationale di Belle Arti in Florence, where Augusto Giacometti was his teacher from 1909 to 1911. Symbolism and Art Nouveau influenced Babberger's early work. His model was Ferdinand Hodler, and the links to his style in some of the paintings is unmistakable. After his studies in Florence, Babberger became more and more involved in landscape. Through his wife who was from Lucerne, he familiarized himself with the Swiss landscape around... Read full biography
In 1895, the Babbergers came from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, where August Babberger spent the best part of his school days and later completed an apprenticeship with a master painter. Back in Germany, he attended a course in etching for a year, and finally received a scholarship for the Accademia Internationale di Belle Arti in Florence, where Augusto Giacometti was his teacher from 1909 to 1911. Symbolism and Art Nouveau influenced Babberger's early work. His model was Ferdinand Hodler, and the links to his style in some of the paintings is unmistakable. After his studies in Florence, Babberger became more and more involved in landscape. Through his wife who was from Lucerne, he familiarized himself with the Swiss landscape around Lake Lucerne, which became his second home, with its surrounding body of mountains providing inspiration and fascination. From... Read full biography
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In 1895, the Babbergers came from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, where August Babberger spent the best part of his school days and later completed an apprenticeship with a master painter.
Back in Germany, he attended a course in etching for a year, and finally received a scholarship for the Accademia Internationale di Belle Arti in Florence, where Augusto Giacometti was his teacher from 1909 to 1911. Symbolism and Art Nouveau influenced Babberger's early work. His model was Ferdinand Hodler, and the links to his style in some of the paintings is unmistakable.
After his studies in Florence, Babberger became more and more involved in landscape. Through his wife who was from Lucerne, he familiarized himself with the Swiss l...But wait, there's more...
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