Boch Eugène 1855-1941 |
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»Eugène Boch (1 September 1855 – 3 January 1941) was a Belgian
painter, born in Saint-Vaast, Hainault, and the younger brother of
Anna Boch, a founding member of Les XX.
Born into a wealthy dynasty of manufacturers of fine china and
ceramics, still active today under the firm of Villeroy & Boch,
Eugène Boch enrolled in the private atelier of Léon Bonnat in Paris,
in 1879. Since 1882, when Bonnat closed his atelier, he studied at
the atelier of Fernand Cormon. Paintings of him where admitted to
the Salon in 1882, 1883 and 1885.
In 1888, he was introduced by Dodge MacKnight to Vincent van Gogh.
In 1892 he settled in Monthyon (Seine-and-Marne), not far from
Paris. In 1909, he married Anne-Marie Léonie Crusfond (?-1933), in
1910 they moved to their recently erected chalet "La Grimpette",
where both lived until their death.
Like his sister Anna Boch, Eugène supported artists of talent, but
without money, for example Emile Bernard, whom he met at the Atelier
Cormon, or like Paul Gauguin. Or he exchanged works, as with Van
Gogh. Thus little by little, an important collection of contemporary
art came together. Besides his own portrait Eugène Boch owned a
second Van Gogh Painting. |
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Portrait of Eugène Boch (The
Poet)
Vincent van Gogh, 1888 |
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Wie ist Eugène mit
einer Ausgangsperson dieser Familienseiten verwandt:
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Like his sister Anna, Eugène Boch spent a large part of the
funds, which they owed to their father's, Victor Boch,
Business Success, on promoting other artists. They bought
pictures from virtually all leading contemporaries of their
time, the majority of whom were also their friends.
When Eugène Boch died in 1936, he bequeathed The Poet - that
is Van Gogh's title for his portrait of Eugène Boch, which
Boch received from Johanna van Gogh-Bonger in accordance to
the last will of Vincent and Theo - to the Louvre. Today the
painting can be seen in the Paris Musee d Orsay.
His collection remained in the family until 1996, when an
important part was sold at auction in Paris.«
Zitat aus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Boch
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