From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carlos Schwabe
Carlos Schwabe
Carlos Schwabe (July 21, 1866 – 1926) was a German by Joséphin Péladan that demonstrated the Rosicrucian
Symbolist painter and printmaker. tendencies of French Symbolism. Schwabe’s poster de-
Schwabe was born in Altona, Holstein, and moved to picted in shades of blue an initiation rite—three women
Geneva, Switzerland at an early age. After studying art in ascending toward spiritual salvation—and is an exemplar
Geneva, he relocated to Paris as a young man, where he of Rosicrucian art.
worked as a wallpaper designer, and he became acquaint-
ed with Symbolist artists. His paintings typically featured
mythological and allegorical themes; as an essentially lit-
References
erary artist, he was much in demand as a book illustra- • Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David, (1994), Carlos Schwabe,
tor. He illustrated the novel Le rêve (1892) by Emile Zo- symboliste et visionnaire, Paris, ACR editions.
la, Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal (1900), Maurice • Clement, Russell T. et al. (2004). A Sourcebook of
Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande (1892), and Albert Sa- Gauguin’s Symbolist Followers. Greenwood Publishing
main’s Jardin de l’infante (1908). Schwabe lived in France Group, 865–867. ISBN 0313312052.
for the rest of his life and died in Avon, Seine-et-Marne in • Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David (2007), Painters of the soul,
1926. Tampere, Museum of Art.
Two distinct styles are recognized in his art. Before • Greenspan, Taube G. "Schwabe, Carlos." In Grove Art
1900, Schwabe’s paintings were more individual and ex- Online. Oxford Art Online (accessed May 26, 2008).
perimental, indicating the idealism of the Symbolists; Persondata
conventional, allegorical scenes from nature became Name Schwabe, Carlos
more prominent in his later work. Images of women were
important, sometimes representing death and suffering, Alternative names
other times creativity and guidance. His first wife was his Short description
model for angels and virgins, and "Death" in The Death of Date of birth July 21, 1866
the Grave-Digger (1895) resembles her. The death of a close
Place of birth
friend in 1894, when Schwabe was 28 years old, engen-
dered his interest in representing death. Date of death 1926
Schwabe created a colour lithograph for the 1892 Place of death
Salon de la Rose+Croix, the first of six exhibitions organized
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carlos Schwabe
La mort du fossoyeur (The Death of the gravedigger; 1895) is a
compendium of Symbolist motifs, including death, an angel,
pristine snow, and dramatic poses.
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