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3 unusual facts about Karl Girardet


Karl Girardet

On a study trip to Switzerland in 1833–35, he made the acquaintance of the aristocratic painter Maximilien de Meuron, by whose influence he obtained commissions for two panoramas of Lausanne.

Unlike his friends and colleagues Maximilien de Meuron and Rodolphe Töpffer, he was not enchanted by the snow-capped peaks of the Alps, preferring instead to portray lakes, streams and marshes, notably the rivers Aar, Eure and Marne.

He continued to embark on study trips, such as to the Valais (1858–1860), Italy (1861–1862) and Brunnen (1869).



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