Frederick Vezin

Frederick Vezin also Fred or Frederik (14 August 1859, Philadelphia - c.1933, Düsseldorf) was an American-born German painter, engraver and lithographer.

Frederick Vezin and his wife, Ida (1895)

Biography

His family originally came from Saint-Florentin, Yonne[1] in France. According to Richard Böger, Pierre Vezin (1654–1727) was forced to flee after he gave assistance to the Huguenots, even though he was a Catholic.[2] He settled down in Hanover as a viola player. For two generations, the Vezin family lived in Hanover and Osnabrück.[3] In 1813, Charles Henri/Carl Heinrich Vezin (1782–1853) emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. The family produced several creative artists in addition to Frederick, including his uncle, the actor Hermann Vezin, and his brother, Charles Vezin (1858–1942), also a painter.

In 1876, Frederick decided to return to Germany to study art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied landscape painting with Georg Heinrich Crola. Later, he studied history painting with Peter Janssen and the Nazarene artist, Karl Müller. He remained at the Academy until 1883; working with Julius Roeting, Eduard von Gebhardt and Wilhelm Sohn. After a stay in Munich, he lived in Düsseldorf from 1895 until his death.

He concentrated on landscapes and genre scenes, mostly depicting high society, although he was also known for portraits. Thanks to the influence of his uncle, Hermann, he was known in England and the United States as well. He had a major showing at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts in 1893. Stylistically, he combines elements of the Düsseldorf School and Impressionism.

Selected paintings
  • Young Woman in a Lilac Shawl
  • At the Ball
  • Summer Day on the Beach
  • Bather in a Forest Stream

References
  1. "Baptism of Pierre Vezin on 9th Sept 1654 in Saint-Florentin, Yonne". Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. Richard Böger "Die Geschichte der Familie Châteauneuf-Vezin" (ca. 1900), p. 5; online via sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Charles Henri/Carl Heinrich Vezin's baptismal entry on the 7th March 1782 in the church book of St. Peter's Cathedral, Osnabrück". Matricula Online. pp. 0031.Taufen 1781-1782. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

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