Aimé Barraud (1902–1954) was a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

, remembered as part of the Neue Sachlichkeit ''( New Objectivity)'' movement which emerged after the war.

Biography

The seven recorded children of the Barraud family (six sons and a daughter) were born at La Chaux-de-Fonds in the

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at the turn of the twentieth century. Aimé was born on 14 March 1902. Craft-based work was at the centre of family life. Barraud's parents, as well as his maternal grandfather, specialised in engraving, creating decorations for the metal housings of Pocket watches. ( Watchmaking was, and has remained, a mainstay of the local economy.) A high level of precision in their decorative engraving was important to the family, and at an early age the sons attended evening classes at the local specialist school of applied craftsmanship. When he turned to painting, Aimé Barraud restricted himself to a narrow range of subjects, concentrating on portraits, including self-portraits and portraits of himself with his wife. There were also nudes,

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and empty landscapes. Applying precision and clear uncomplicated colours he achieved a high level of realism. Aimé Barraud died on 14 February 1954 at

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), ...

, the cantonal capital.

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* Aime Barraud, Comtesse Gérald, Collection : ''Artistes neuchâtelois revisités'', *''This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.'' 20th-century Swiss painters 20th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters 1902 births 1954 deaths People from La Chaux-de-Fonds {{Switzerland-painter-stub

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