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The painter and copperplate engraver Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli moved to Basel in 1868. There, he set about popularising drawings by leading Swiss artists in several sets of prints that he later published as Schweizerisches Künstler-Album. Originalwerk für bildende Kunst von lebenden Schweizer-Künstlern [An album of Swiss artists. Original fine art works by living Swiss artists]. The set for February 1869 included previously published engravings including this etching by François Bocion, Priest angling.
The etchings and lithographs in the album were the work of the artists themselves, as indicated here by the signature “Bocion rad.” [i.e. engraved by Bocion], attesting his interest in engraving. In 1876, he had Lausanne’s Musée industriel acquire an etching press so he could carry out his own experiments and encourage other local artists to join him in practising the technique.
Bocion places his subject, a priest angling while a cat looks on, on the French shore of Lake Geneva. The background is dominated by Yvoire castle, its roof lost to fire in 1591 (it was not rebuilt until 1939), while the church with its onion dome blends into the trees. A black pencil sketch of the same subject, also in the MCBA collection, doubtless preceded this etching. Its horizontal format shows a handful of boats with lateen rigging.
Priest angling was included in the 1873 Schweizerisches Künstler-Album [Album of Swiss artists] printed by Christian Krüsi in Basel, alongside a text by Gottfried Kinkel, professor of archaeology and art history at ETH Zurich. The same year, Bocion also presented a sepia entitled Der Pfarrer von Yvoire [The Yvoire Priest] at the Swiss Fine Arts Society exhibition in Winterthur.
Bibliography
L’Estafette, 20.2.1869 : 4.
Camille de Alencastro, Bocion. Peintre du Léman, Gollion, Infolio, 2022.
The painter and copperplate engraver Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli moved to Basel in 1868. There, he set about popularising drawings by leading Swiss artists in several sets of prints that he later published as Schweizerisches Künstler-Album. Originalwerk für bildende Kunst von lebenden Schweizer-Künstlern [An album of Swiss artists. Original fine art works by living Swiss artists]. The set for February 1869 included previously published engravings including this etching by François Bocion, Priest angling.
The etchings and lithographs in the album were the work of the artists themselves, as indicated here by the signature “Bocion rad.” [i.e. engraved by Bocion], attesting his interest in engraving. In 1876, he had Lausanne’s Musée industriel acquire an etching press so he could carry out his own experiments and encourage other local artists to join him in practising the technique.
Bocion places his subject, a priest angling while a cat looks on, on the French shore of Lake Geneva. The background is dominated by Yvoire castle, its roof lost to fire in 1591 (it was not rebuilt until 1939), while the church with its onion dome blends into the trees. A black pencil sketch of the same subject, also in the MCBA collection, doubtless preceded this etching. Its horizontal format shows a handful of boats with lateen rigging.
Priest angling was included in the 1873 Schweizerisches Künstler-Album [Album of Swiss artists] printed by Christian Krüsi in Basel, alongside a text by Gottfried Kinkel, professor of archaeology and art history at ETH Zurich. The same year, Bocion also presented a sepia entitled Der Pfarrer von Yvoire [The Yvoire Priest] at the Swiss Fine Arts Society exhibition in Winterthur.