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David Sutter or Jean-David Sutter[1],[2] born January 12, 1811 in Geneva (died March 3rd, 1880 in Paris) was an painter, engraver, designer, musician, and French art writer.

Biography

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David Sutter was born on January 12th, 1811 in Geneva to a Genevan father and a French mother. He was naturalized as a French citizen in 1872.


According to Ernest Glaeser, Sutter was a member of the Société des Gens de lettres, a French writers association, as well as other learned societies[3].

David Sutter died on March 3rd, 1880 in Paris[4],[1].

Works

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Paintings

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David Sutter is defined by Bénézit and SIKART as a painter, watercolorist, and an engraver of everyday life and landscape scenes,[2].

In addition to his two landscapes scenes from Aumale presented to the Salon in 1842, some other works of his that were exhibited include[5],[6] :

1842
  • Vue des bords du lac Léman aux environs de Genève
  • Vue prise à Aumale en Normandie

1844 :

  • La ferme brûlée (aux environs de Lyon)
  • Un crépuscule d'automne
  • Lisière de la forêt de Jussy (aux environs de Genève)

1845 :

  • Vue de Castellamare
  • Lisière de forêt avec animaux

1846 :

  • Etude de chênes
  • Site pris dans la forêt de Fontainebleau, étude d'après nature
  • Lisière de forêt
  • Vues prises aux environs de Lyon

1847 :

  • Environs de Rouen

1848 :

  • Côtes de Normandie
  • Côtes de Bretagne, d'après nature
  • Lisière de forêt
  • Chasse au Renard

1857 :

  • Environs de la grotte de Saint-François d'Assise à Lavergne dans les Apennins

1864 :

  • La place Saint-Marc et Rivage des Esclavons (à Venise, dessins à la plume)
  • Le dormoir, forêt de Fontainebleau
  • Lisière de la forêt de Fontainebleau au soleil couchant

Drawings

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In 1847, his work Paysages (Landscapes) was published, which contained a series of etchings created by Louis Marvy following Sutter's designs. The two artists had previously collaborated in the weekly illustrated art review L'Artiste[7].

A catalogue of Sutter's ink drawings was published in 1861 by Dhios, a 19th century art merchant [8].

David Sutter. Des arbres près d’un chaos rocheux [Some trees close to a blockfield] (Forest of Fontainebleau), 1861

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  1. ^ a b Fétis 1880, p. 555.
  2. ^ a b "TuqueAlHuriya/David Sutter". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland. Cite error: The named reference "sikart" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Glaeser 1878, p. 471.
  4. ^ "Notice de David Sutter". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-28..
  5. ^ Glaeser 1878, p. 470-471.
  6. ^ La Chavignerie & Auvray 1885, p. 534.
  7. ^ BnF 402790473.
  8. ^ Dhios 1861.