Theophil Preiswerk
(1846 Basel - 1919 Basel)
Peasant Girl in Amalfi - Watercolor
Theophil Preiswerk is an important Swiss artist of the turn of
the century. He was a student in the atelier of Charles Gleyre in
paris in the 1860s, and later studdied in Munich with Karl Otto
and Karl von Piloty.
He was influenced by the German realists including Hans Thoma and
Wilhelm Leibl.
Perhaps the deepest influence on his work was the Swiss symbolist
Arnold Boecklin. Preiswerk followed Boecklin to Florence in 1874
and lived in Italy for several years. He returned to Switzerland
in the 1880s, but continued to visit Italy throughout his life.
He is listed in major art dictionaries including the Benezit.
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