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Arthur Coulin (20 September 1869 – 9 November 1912) was an
Olga Fogarascher
"Musica Migrans", University of Leipzig, The following year, he obtained a state scholarship and began spending time at in Baia Mare. A new grant from the government came in 1900, enabling him to travel to Italy and work at the colony in Cervara di Roma. After returning, he settled in Brașov to work with Friedrich Miess. In 1904, he and Octavian Smigelschi collaborated in creating murals for the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sibiu. Three years later, he became a major contributor to a new cultural magazine, '' Die Karpathen''. Early in 1912, he underwent two surgeries for cancer. He attempted to continue travelling, exhibiting and completing his commissions, but died later that year in Heidelberg.
File:Arthur Coulin - Nud (Fata cu siragul de cotral).jpg, Girl with a
String of Coral File:Arthur Coulin - Fiul pictorului.jpg, The Painter's Son File:Arthur Coulin - Turnul Sfatului din Sibiu.jpg, Council Tower in Sibiu File:Arthur Coulin - Taranci din Tara Barsei.jpg, Peasant Women
in Bârsa File:Arthur Coulin - Portretul Olga Fogaracher.jpg, Portrait of his wife, Olga
Exhibition Catalog (2010)
Muzeul de Artă Brașov * Harald Krasser, ''Arthur Coulin'', Verlag Meridiane, 1970 * ''Gedächtnis-Ausstellung für Arthur Coulin'' (Memorial Exhibition), Sebastian Hann Association, Drotleff, 1913
Arthur Coulin (20 September 1869 – 9 November 1912) was an Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
Romanian painter and art critic.
Biography
He was born inNagyszeben
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the ...
, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania) to an illustrious family of French origin. His father, Nikolaus, was a prominent lawyer who died when Arthur was only eleven. After that, his mother raised the family at the home of her father, a local judge. Arthur and his three siblings all dabbled in art and showed talent at an early age, but he was the only one who chose it as a career, against his mother's wishes.
He enrolled at the Lutheran High School (now the Samuel von Brukenthal National College
Samuel von Brukenthal National College (german: Samuel-von-Brukenthal-Gymnasium, ro, Colegiul Național „Samuel von Brukenthal”, hu, Samuel von Brukenthal Főgimnázium ) is a German-language high school founded in Nagyszeben, Transylvania ...
), where he studied with . After graduating, in 1888, he participated in a local exhibition, then entered the "School of Arts and Crafts" in Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
. The following year, he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich where his primary professor was Gabriel von Hackl. Later, he studied with Ludwig von Löfftz, but had to return to Sibiu in 1891 for lack of funds.
In 1892, he moved to Budapest, where he found work in a photography studio. He also met the violinist Olga Fogarascher (1875–1959), whom he would marry in 1897."Musica Migrans", University of Leipzig, The following year, he obtained a state scholarship and began spending time at in Baia Mare. A new grant from the government came in 1900, enabling him to travel to Italy and work at the colony in Cervara di Roma. After returning, he settled in Brașov to work with Friedrich Miess. In 1904, he and Octavian Smigelschi collaborated in creating murals for the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sibiu. Three years later, he became a major contributor to a new cultural magazine, '' Die Karpathen''. Early in 1912, he underwent two surgeries for cancer. He attempted to continue travelling, exhibiting and completing his commissions, but died later that year in Heidelberg.
Selected paintings
String of Coral File:Arthur Coulin - Fiul pictorului.jpg, The Painter's Son File:Arthur Coulin - Turnul Sfatului din Sibiu.jpg, Council Tower in Sibiu File:Arthur Coulin - Taranci din Tara Barsei.jpg, Peasant Women
in Bârsa File:Arthur Coulin - Portretul Olga Fogaracher.jpg, Portrait of his wife, Olga
References
Further reading
Exhibition Catalog (2010)
Muzeul de Artă Brașov * Harald Krasser, ''Arthur Coulin'', Verlag Meridiane, 1970 * ''Gedächtnis-Ausstellung für Arthur Coulin'' (Memorial Exhibition), Sebastian Hann Association, Drotleff, 1913
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coulin, Arthur 1869 births 1912 deaths 19th-century Romanian painters 20th-century Romanian painters 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists People from Sibiu Portrait painters Romanian art critics Transylvanian Saxon people Austrian people of French descent Hungarian people of French descent Romanian people of French descent Romanian Austro-Hungarians Deaths from cancer in Germany