Benjamin Vautier1829–1898Snow scene: children leaving school
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Where is “Snow scene: children leaving school” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
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About the painting
Benjamin Vautier (1829-1898) was born in Morges, near Lausanne. He first took drawing lessons from Jules Hébert (1812-1897) and subsequently became a pupil of Carl Ferdinand Sohn (1805-1867) and Rudolf Jordan (1810-1887) in Düsseldorf (1850-53). In 1857 he settled permanently in Düsseldorf and achieved a successful career.
This painting is a fine example of Vautier's genre scenes, a category he specialised exclusively. The present work shows a group of children after school and was probably executed based on some ethnographic studies Vautier brought back from the Bernese Oberland. By comparison with similar compositions, Vautier probably painted this composition in the 1850s. This type of sentimental and anecdotic genre scene was quite popular and attracted collectors during the second half of the 19th century.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1604-1869
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In the catalog
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- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
In the life of Benjamin Vautier
The whole life1849
Teacher: Jean-Léonard Lugardon
1850 · Education
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1850 · Workplace
Düsseldorf
1850
Teacher: Rudolf Jordan
1858
Married: Berta Vautier
1860
Son born: Karl Vautier
