Alphonse Stengelin

Alphonse Stengelin (1852–1938) was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer who spent much of his life working outside France. He is remembered mostly for his landscapes.

Biography He was born in a home that had been designed by the architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot, designer of the Panthéon. His parents were Swiss. His father was a banker, associated with the banking house of Evesque & Cie.

After studying at the Collège-lycée Ampère, he enrolled at the École des beaux-arts de Lyon and became a student of the school's Director, Joseph Guichard. He also worked with Augustin Chenu and Florian-Némorin Cabane (1831–1922), both landscape painters. He spent much of his time copying the Old Masters at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon and was a great admirer of Rembrandt. The small towns of Hooghalen and Katwijk and the farming country of Bresse were among his favorite locations.

He died in 1938 in Switzerland, where he had gone to live with his brother, Henri.

His works may be seen at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille, the Dordrechts Museum and the Musée d'arts de Nantes.