Benjamin Vautier (attributed To) - The Spinner

Benjamin VAUTIER (Attributed to) Morges (Switzerland), 1829 – Dusseldörf, 1898 Oil on canvas 43 x 37 cm (58 x 52 cm with the frame) Beautiful 19th century frame in carved and gilded wood Swiss painter and illustrator, Benjamin Vautier is the great-grandfather of Benjamin Vautier dit Ben, a famous contemporary artist. This painter from Vaud studied in Geneva with Lugardon before becoming famous in genre painting with rustic subjects in Dusseldorf where he enjoyed success alongside Friedrich Kraus and Franz Defregger. His academic style, very drawn, with bright colors is characteristic of the Dusseldorf School in the middle of the 19th century. A version of our painting two times larger, signed and dated 1858 was sold at Sotheby's in 2004.