The disciples Peter and John running to the tomb on the morning of the resurrection · 1898
Romanticism Artist
Eugène Burnand
Swiss·1850–1921
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Burnand produced one of the most widely reproduced late-nineteenth-century religious paintings and the most significant Swiss artistic response to WWI.
Biography
Eugène Burnand (1850–1921) was a Swiss painter celebrated for monumental religious subjects, Vaudois rural scenes, and a remarkable series of pastel portraits of First World War soldiers. Trained in Geneva, Munich, and Paris, Burnand produced his masterpiece The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection (1898) — an image of two figures in pure landscape — that became one of the most reproduced religious paintings of the late nineteenth century. His WWI soldier-portrait series remains a poignant record of the Allied armies of 1914–1918.
Artistic Style
Burnand painted with warm naturalist palettes, careful drawing, and a focus on the inner spiritual life of his sitters. His pastels are particularly sensitive to facial nuance.
Historical Significance
Burnand produced one of the most widely reproduced late-nineteenth-century religious paintings and the most significant Swiss artistic response to WWI.
Paintings (3)
Contemporaries
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