Emil Bauch

Emil Bauch (1823 – after 1874) was a German painter, lithographer and teacher who came to reside in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He painted panoramic city scenes and portraits, as well as some views of Recife and Salvador. His landscapes are conspicuous by his close observation of all the details and the intense variety of motifs of his palette. His works have all but disappeared in the shadow of paintings created by other artists during the second half of the nineteenth century in Brazil.

Biography He was born in Hamburg. He began his training as an artist in the city of Munich between 1842 and 1844. Having arrived from Germany in 1849, he first settled in Recife, a bustling city under the rule of Francisco do Rego Barros, painting so the diversity of aspects of the capital of Pernambuco.

In 1856 he was in the Brazilian Court, which had been transferred to Rio de Janeiro, and then opened his studio at Rua do Rosario, 106 – 2nd floor, moving years later to Rua Sete de Setembro, 72. In 1859 he won the silver medal in the General Exhibition of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and struck gold in 1860.

In 1873 he painted Panorama do Rio de Janeiro where the Pão de Açúcar, Tijuca, Botafogo and Gloria appear, causing a great sensation at the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes.

Chronology 1842–1844 – Munich, DE – He is trained as an artist in Munich. 1844–1849 – Hamburg, DE – He works as a portrait painter in Hamburg. 1849–1852 – Recife, PE – He travels as a trained artist with a reputation of landscape painter. 1852 – Germany – The album Souvenirs de Pernambuco, a collection of chromolitographic works of his trip to Recife, is published. 1852 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – He lives in the city of Rio de Janeiro. 1859–1862 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ. He takes part in the General Exhibition of 1859, 1860, 1862, 1872. 1865-1872 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – He joins the painter Henri Nicolas Vinet, is committed to teaching landscape painting in his private workshop. 1866 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – He is invited by architect the Carl Friedrich Gustav Waehneldt to be one of the painters for the initial work of Nova Friburgo Palace, later known as the Catete Palace (now the Republic Museum). 1873 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – He finishes the painting Panorama do Rio de Janeiro, where the Sugar Loaf and the neighborhoods of Gloria, Botafogo, Lapa, Campo de Santana, Tijuca and Andaraí appears, causing thus a great sensation. 1874 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ – He is knighted with the Imperial Order of the Rose by the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (AIBA).