Albert Trachsel (1863-1929) - the Lovers of The Lake Symbolism Swiss Circa 1895

Description: "Albert Trachsel (1863-1929) - The Lovers of the Lake"Albert Trachsel (1863-1929)The lovers of the lakePastel36 x 45 cm on view(57 x 67 cm with frame)Signed lower rightAfter studying at the Geneva School of Fine Arts and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, he joined the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, where he stayed in the 1880s, making friends with his compatriots, including Maurice Baud. He travelled around Europe before meeting and becoming friends with Ferdinand Hodler and the sculptor Auguste de Niederhausern.From 1889, he frequented the symbolist circles of Paris. In 1890 he took part in the competition for the future Rumine Palace. Trachsel published the same yearA few words about Swiss art. In 1891 and 1892 he presented his utopian architectural drawings at the Exhibition of Independent Artists and took part in the Salon de la Rose-Croix in Paris. Back in Geneva (1893), he worked on the drawings for the album of utopian architectures,The real holidays. This album represents the first volume of an unfinished cycle in three parts,The poem, in which he visualizes ideas close to those of the symbolists. This trilogy and its literary counterpart,The cycle(1893), were to constitute a total work of art calledHarmony. In 1896, he designed the decoration for the Chinese shadow theatre Le Sapajou presented at the Swiss National Exhibition. Trachsel settled in Geneva from 1901. definitively abandoned architecture to devote himself to writing and painting. Between 1905 and 1914 he produced theDream landscapes, his main work, imaginary visualizations of landscapes of the soul, to be compared with the fantastic tales that he published at the same time. After 1914, he only painted Geneva landscapes, without any further reference to his imaginary worlds.From 1889, he frequented the symbolist circles of Paris. In 1890 he took part in the competition for the future Rumine Palace. Trachsel published the same yearA few words about Swiss art. In 1891 and 1892 he presented his utopian architectural drawings at the Exhibition of Independent Artists and took part in the Salon de la Rose-Croix in Paris. Back in Geneva (1893), he worked on the drawings for the album of utopian architectures,The real holidays. This album represents the first volume of an unfinished cycle in three parts,The poem, in which he visualizes ideas close to those of the symbolists. This trilogy and its literary counterpart,The cycle(1893), were to constitute a total work of art calledHarmony. In 1896, he designed the decoration for the Chinese shadow theatre Le Sapajou pres

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