René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois is one of the most famous Swiss painters of the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century.
Born on 18th August 1872 in Montagny-près-Yverdon in the canton of Vaud, he was involved with nature all of his life. He started a bank traineeship but gave it up in favour of violin classes in Dresden in Germany, before an art course at the school of fine arts of Kensington in London in 1895.
In Paris, René Auberjonois was a student of Luc-Olivier Merson before studying at the school of Beaux-Arts. During his stay in the French capital city, he became friends with the writer Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz and the poet Gustave Roud, both also from the canton of Vaud.
His art reached its peak in 1948, with his bullfight scenes painted with a dark palette.
Paradoxically, his artworks were not well received in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. They were more appreciated in the German-speaking part of the country and in the rest of Europe. (Venice Biennale in 1948, Documenta of Cassel in 1955).
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