Frederick Vezin

Frederick Vezin Fred or Frederik Vezin ( born August 14, 1859 in Philadelphia, † 1933 in Dusseldorf ) was an American- German painter, etcher and lithographer.

Family

The origins of Vezin family can be traced back to the mid -17th century. The family comes from the French village of Saint -Florentin (Yonne, Burgundy ). Although himself Roman Catholic faith, was Pierre Vezin ( 1654 -? ) Forced to leave France, because he had kept Huguenots from persecution. He fled to Hanover, where he held the position of a viola player in the French theater. Vezina family then stay connected through two more generations with Germany. In 1813 moved Charles Henri Vezin (1782 -? ) From Bordeaux to Philadelphia and founded after marrying the coming from Germany Emilie Kalisky (1804 -? ), The American line of Vezin family. In addition to Frederik Vezin include other well-known artists of this extended family. These are, the uncle Frederik Vezins, the actor Hermann Vezin (1829-1910) and Frederik's brother, especially as a painter in New York has become known Vezin Charles (1858-1942) and his granddaughter, the photographer and painter Irena Vezin.

Life

The close family relations of the American branch of the family made ​​it Vezin Frederik Vezin easier to choose to study in Germany and so he joined in October 1876 at the age of 20 years in the elementary class of the Düsseldorf art academy. As of June 1877, he studied with Georg Heinrich Crola landscape painting, from January 1877, he graduated from Johann Peter Theodor Janssen nature and character class with Karl Müller antiques hall. Until his resignation from the Academy of Art in 1883 Julius Roeting, Eduard von Gebhardt ( 1838-1925 ) and Wilhelm were his son teacher.

After a short stay in Munich he lived from 1895 until his death in 1933 in Dusseldorf. Frederik Vezin was married to Ida Hach. Their son was Meno Vezin.

Work

After his training Frederik Vezin worked particularly as a genre and landscape painter. In addition, his skills as a portrait painter were in great demand. He gained particular notoriety by depicting social scenes (At the ball ) and intimate interiors. Due to his family relations in the United States and to his uncle Hermann Vezin, who lived in London from 1850 onwards, Frederik Vezin was also known in the Anglo-American world.

Stylistically the paintings Frederik interest bearing are characterized by vivid colors and great ease.. Vezinschen These elements of painting mark a total overcoming of the traditional way of painting Düsseldorf and the move to Impressionism.

Works

In the public domain:

• Vezin Ida, the wife of the painter 1859 ( Dusseldorf City Museum )
• Jacobus strips, 1915 ( artists - club paintbox, Dusseldorf )
• Colonel Adolf Willich of Pollnitz, 1900 (City Museum Cologne)
• Colonel Hermann Heidborn to 1910 ( City Museum Cologne)