At Lake Geneva
Frédéric Frégevize Genf 1770 - Genf 1849
Lot-No. 391
Proceeds : 5.000 €
Oil/canvas, 71 x 94,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. F. Frégevize, rest. - A similar landscape with Lake Geneva from 1821 is in the Berlin National Gallery. - Swiss landscape a. figure painter a. goldsmith. Beginning as enamel painter in Geneva he moved to Berlin in 1804 where he worked as goldsmith a. porcellain painter for KPM. Since 1810 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, in 1820 he became professor in Berlin. In 1829 he returned to Geneva. His landscapes, mainly from the area of Geneva a. the Rhone valley captivate by the brilliance, precision a. topographical detail. - Mus.: Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal.), Genf, Görlitz, Kiel. - Lit.: Saur, Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Frédéric Frégevize: At Lake Geneva
Frédéric Frégevize Genf 1770 - Genf 1849
At Lake Geneva
Lot-No. 391
Proceeds : 5.000 €
Oil/canvas, 71 x 94,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. F. Frégevize, rest. - A similar landscape with Lake Geneva from 1821 is in the Berlin National Gallery. - Swiss landscape a. figure painter a. goldsmith. Beginning as enamel painter in Geneva he moved to Berlin in 1804 where he worked as goldsmith a. porcellain painter for KPM. Since 1810 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, in 1820 he became professor in Berlin. In 1829 he returned to Geneva. His landscapes, mainly from the area of Geneva a. the Rhone valley captivate by the brilliance, precision a. topographical detail. - Mus.: Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal.), Genf, Görlitz, Kiel. - Lit.: Saur, Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.