Karl Stauffer-Bern
ARTISTKarl Stauffer, known as Karl Stauffer-Bern was a Swiss painter, etcher and sculptor. In the late 1880s, Stauffer-Bern had a romantic affair with Lydia Welti-Escher, but her husband used his political influence to separate them and to place Welti-Escher in an insane asylum. A despondent Stauffer-Bern reacted with a suicide attempt which left him permanently injured. In January 1891, he committed suicide with an overdose of chloral hydrate.
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Karl Stauffer-Bern, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by Karl Stauffer-Bern (Swiss, 1857–1891) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Karl Stauffer, known as Karl Stauffer-Bern was a Swiss painter, etcher and sculptor. In the late 1880s, Stauffer-Bern had a romantic affair with Lydia Welti-Escher, but her husband used his political influence to separate them and to place Welti-Escher in an insane asylum. A despondent Stauffer-Bern reacted with a suicide attempt which left him permanently injured. In January 1891, he committed suicide with an overdose of chloral hydrate.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Karl Stauffer-Bern's work on the site falls under Drawings (9), Portraits (4).
By movement, it's catalogued as Impressionism (13).
Culture: Swiss (13).
By orientation: 3 landscape, 9 portrait, 1 square.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1880 to 1886.
Other Swiss artists of the period
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- Giovanni Giacometti — 39 artworks
- Adolf Wölfli — 34 artworks
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Sizes and framing
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