Arthur Coulin (20 September 1869 – 9 November 1912) was an
Austro-Hungarian Romanian painter and art critic.
Biography
He was born in
Nagyszeben
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
,
Austria-Hungary
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(now Sibiu,
Romania
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) to an illustrious family of French origin. His father, Nikolaus, was a prominent lawyer who died when Arthur was only eleven. After that, his mother raised the family at the home of her father, a local judge. Arthur and his three siblings all dabbled in art and showed talent at an early age, but he was the only one who chose it as a career, against his mother's wishes.
He enrolled at the Lutheran High School (now the
Samuel von Brukenthal National College
Samuel von Brukenthal National College (german: Samuel-von-Brukenthal-Gymnasium, ro, Colegiul Național „Samuel von Brukenthal”, hu, Samuel von Brukenthal Főgimnázium ) is a German-language high school founded in Nagyszeben, Transylvani ...
), where he studied with . After graduating, in 1888, he participated in a local exhibition, then entered the "School of Arts and Crafts" in
Graz. The following year, he transferred to the
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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where his primary professor was
Gabriel von Hackl
Gabriel (von) Hackl (24 March 1843 – 5 June 1926) was a German historicism (art), historicist painter.
Life and work
He was born in Maribor, Lower Styria, Austrian Empire. A surgeon's son, he attended the gymnasium (school), gymnasium in his ...
. Later, he studied with
Ludwig von Löfftz
Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter.
Biography
He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy o ...
, but had to return to Sibiu in 1891 for lack of funds.
In 1892, he moved to Budapest, where he found work in a photography studio. He also met the violinist Olga Fogarascher (1875–1959), whom he would marry in 1897.
Olga Fogarascher
"Musica Migrans", University of Leipzig
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, The following year, he obtained a state scholarship and began spending time at in Baia Mare
Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...
. A new grant from the government came in 1900, enabling him to travel to Italy and work at the colony in Cervara di Roma. After returning, he settled in Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a pop ...
to work with Friedrich Miess. In 1904, he and Octavian Smigelschi
Octavian or Octav Smigelschi (last name also Smigelski, Smighelschi, Szmigelszki, or Szmigelschi; hu, Szmigelszki Oktáv; 21 March 1866 – 10 November 1912) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian painter and printmaker, one of the leading ...
collaborated in creating murals for the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sibiu. Three years later, he became a major contributor to a new cultural magazine, '' Die Karpathen''.
Early in 1912, he underwent two surgeries for cancer. He attempted to continue travelling, exhibiting and completing his commissions, but died later that year in Heidelberg.
Selected paintings
File:Arthur Coulin - Nud (Fata cu siragul de cotral).jpg, Girl with a
String of Coral
File:Arthur Coulin - Fiul pictorului.jpg, The Painter's Son
File:Arthur Coulin - Turnul Sfatului din Sibiu.jpg, Council Tower in Sibiu
File:Arthur Coulin - Taranci din Tara Barsei.jpg, Peasant Women
in Bârsa
Bârsa ( hu, Barza) is a commune in Arad County, Romania
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File:Arthur Coulin - Portretul Olga Fogaracher.jpg, Portrait of his wife, Olga
References
Further reading
Exhibition Catalog (2010)
Muzeul de Artă Brașov
* Harald Krasser, ''Arthur Coulin'', Verlag Meridiane, 1970
* ''Gedächtnis-Ausstellung für Arthur Coulin'' (Memorial Exhibition), Sebastian Hann Association, Drotleff, 1913
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coulin, Arthur
1869 births
1912 deaths
19th-century Romanian painters
20th-century Romanian painters
19th-century Austrian painters
19th-century Austrian male artists
People from Sibiu
Portrait painters
Romanian art critics
Transylvanian Saxon people
Austrian people of French descent
Hungarian people of French descent
Romanian people of French descent
Romanian Austro-Hungarians
Deaths from cancer in Germany