Benjamin Samuel Bolomey
Benjamin Samuel Bolomey | |
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Born | 19 May 1739 |
Died | 19 December 1819 Lausanne, Switzerland | (aged 80)
Nationality | Swiss |
Benjamin Samuel Bolomey (19 May 1739 – 19 December 1819) was a Swiss painter and politician.[1] As an artist he spent most of his career as a portrait painter in the Netherlands.[2]
Biography[]
Bolomey was born in Lausanne on 19 May 1739, to François Louis Bolomey, an hotelier, and Pernette Mercier.[1] He received his early artistic education in Paris, where he studied between 1752 and 1760 as a pastel portrait painter,[1] and became a pupil of Joseph-Marie Vien in 1758.[3] While studying there he was also influenced by Boucher and La Tour.[3]
He moved to The Hague in 1763, joining the Confrerie Pictura the same year.[2] He was court painter to William V, Prince of Orange and is known for portraits of the Dutch society.[2] In 1771 he became regent of the Confrerie, and was the director of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1777 until 1791, when he returned to his hometown of Lausanne.[2]
Bolomey painted a series of portrait miniatures of republican politicians and revolutionaries of Vaud (part of the canton of Bern until 1798) in the years around the French invasion of Switzerland and the establishment of the Helvetic Republic.[1] He was a deputy between 1803 and 1807 for the newly created Canton of Vaud.[1]
He died in Lausanne on 19 December 1819, aged 80.[1]
Gallery[]
Works[]
Allegorical painting of Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (undated)
Young Dirk van Hogendorp, c. 1770
Pierre-Elie Bergier, politician of the Helvetic Republic, wearing the sash of the magistrates of the Canton of Léman, c. 1798
Louis Reymond, vaudois revolutionary and leader of the Bourla-papey, c. 1798
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Chessex, Pierre. "Bolomey, Benjamin". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Benjamin Samuel Bolomey". RKD. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jeffares, Neil (2006). Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800 (Online edition) (PDF).
External links[]
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