Sebastian Buff
Sebastian Buff ( born 1 February 1829 in Forest, Canton Appenzell, Switzerland, † May 3, 1880 in Herisau ) was a Swiss painter and draftsman, who drew mainly portraits and copies and caricatures, numerous drawings, watercolors and oil studies with genre scenes, interiors and city views.
Life
Sebastian Buff was the son of the same name councilman and manufacturers. He began his artistic training in 1845 at Leonhard Tanner in St. Gallen, before he moved to Munich. There he studied from 1847 to 1852 at the Art Academy and at Johann Baptist Berdelle. He was then 1853/54 worked in St. Gallen and then in Oberbayern ( 1855), in Munich (until 1856) and again the following year in St. Gallen. There were other stays in Basel (1864 and 1867 ), Amsterdam ( 1862) and in Paris, where he received some 1873 orders for portraits. In 1857 he was in Dresden and became friends with Ludwig Richter before he was for the last time in Munich in 1879.
Works
His most famous work are the portraits of the country's leaders, which he produced for the council chambers of Trogen and Herisau. A variety of other works can be found at the Kunsthalle St. Gallen, where in 1983 an exhibition was held in his honor.
Further Reading
- Sebastian Buff. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker et al: General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. Volume 5, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p 201
- Art around the Lake Constance 1850-1900, painting and sculpture (K ), singing in 1984
- Peter Mieg: Lenzburger New Year ll. 55, 1984, 15-24
- Bodensee- books 36, 1985 ( 1) 28