René Victor Auberjonois

René Victor Auberjonois ( born August 18, 1872 in Montagny- près -Yverdon, † October 11, 1957 in Lausanne) was a Swiss painter.

Life and work

At a young age, René Auberjonois intended to be a musician. He traveled to London in 1894 and took violin lessons. In 1895, he opted for the painting and attended the Kensington School of Art From 1897 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux -Arts in Paris. He traveled to Italy and devoted himself to the Old Masters. He then returned to Paris, where he lived until the outbreak of the First World War. From 1914 he lived until his death in 1957 in Lausanne.

He became friends with the poet Charles Ferdinand Ramuz and portrayed him several times. For Rudolf Zender of contact with him was one of the formative artistic friendships. His restrained color scheme and his painting style brought him in Switzerland but little recognition.

In 1948 he represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale. Works by René Auberjonois participated in Kassel for an exhibition at the documenta in 1955 and the documenta III in 1964. Works by him are to be seen among others in the Kunstmuseum Thun.

René Auberjonois was the father of journalist Fernand Auberjonois and grandfather of the eponymous American actor René Auberjonois.