Daniel Baud-Bovy

Daniel Baud-Bovy (3 April 1870, Geneva – 19 June 1958, Geneva) was a Swiss writer and art historian

Biography

Henri van Muyden (Swiss, 1860–1936) Daniel Baud-Bovy, 1906, oil on canvas, 41 x 29 cm

Son of the painter Auguste Baud-Bovy, Daniel Baud-Bovy acquired most of his artistic and literary training in the symbolist milieu in Paris. Significant in the art world in Switzerland, he was curator of the Rath Museum, director of the school of fine arts in Geneva (from 1908 to 1919), president of the Federal Commission of fine arts, artistic correspondent of the Encyclopédique Review, poet, author of numerous novels, and short stories often illustrated by his painter friends and children's plays. He also published art criticism.

In 1896 he married Jeanne-Catherine Barth (1872–1928), pianist, and was the father of musician Samuel Baud-Bovy.

In 1913, he accomplished the first modern era ascent of Mount Olympus with guide Christos Kakkalos and his compatriot Frédéric Boissonnas.

Baud-Bovy's second marriage, in 1933, was to Aline-Thékla Nachmann, née Mayer (1905–1982).

Recognition

A street and a park bear his name in Geneva, in the district of Plainpalais, in the immediate vicinity of a building of the university of Geneva

Publications

• Baud-Bovy, Daniel (1988), Peasant art in Switzerland, The Studio
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel (1957), Corot, A. Jullien
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel (1935), Les maitres de la gravure suisse, A. Jullien
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel (1941), Nicolas Manuel, A. Skira
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel (1924), L'art rustique en Suisse, "The Studio" Ltd
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel (1917), L'évasion : récit de deux prisonniers français évadés du camp d'Hammelbourg. Avec 8 illustrations et 3 cartes, Berger-Levrault
• Kōnstantinidēs, Giannēs; Boissonnas, Frédéric, 1858–; Baud-Bovy, Daniel, b. 1870 (1989), Thessalonikē : 1913 + 1919, Laographiko kai Ethnologiko Mouseio Makedonias, Ekdoseis Diagōniou{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Boissonnas, Frédéric; Baud-Bovy, Daniel, b. 1870 (1915), L'Épire, berceau des Grecs, F. Boissonnas et Cie{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Boissonnas, Frédéric; Baud-Bovy, Daniel, b. 1870 (1919), Salonique, la ville des belles églises, F. Boissonnas{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel; Hardy, Charles Frederick, (tr.); Boissonnas, Frédéric, 1858–, (joint author.) (1920), In Greece : journeys by mountain and valley, Éditions d'art F. Boissonnas {{citation}}: |author3= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Gurtner, Othmar; Baud-Bovy, Daniel, b. 1870; Hilber, Paul, 1890–; Loosli, Carl Albert, 1877– (1943), Hodler, ein zeitgenössisches Dokument. : Documents du temps de sa vie, Aare Verlag{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Baud-Bovy, Daniel, b.1870; Schweizerische Zentrale für Handelsförderung (1939), Switzerland land of peace and liberty, Swiss Office for the Development of trade{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Martin, Milo; Landry, Charles François (1941), Milo Martin, sculpteur, M. Blanc
• International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation; Italy. Commissione nazionale per la cooperazione intellettuale; Venice. Biennale d'arte. 1934 (1935), L'art et la réalité. : L'art et l'état, Société des nations, Institut international de coopération intellectuelle{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Hodler, Ferdinand; Geneva (Switzerland). Musée d'art et d'histoire (1940), Les Hodler au Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève, Musée d'art et d'histoire

Bibliography

• Monnier, Philippe M (1972), Daniel Baud-Bovy et Frédéric Boissonnas : un demi-siècle d'amitié au service de l'art. Conférence prononcée à l'Athénée le 22 février 1972, Société des arts

Archive

• Private archives of individuals and families from the Library of Geneva: Baud-Bovy, family (19th–20th c.) Personal papers, papers of the Baud and Bovy families correspondence, works, papers, literary, miscellaneous, newspapers, collections of documents, photographs, sketchbooks, drawings. Personal records of Auguste (1848–1899), painter and Daniel Baud-Bovy (1870–1958), writer and art critic, director of the museum and the school of fine arts. – 26.3 m. Unpublished finding aids. – Research instruments published: MONNIER, Philippe M.,"The Baud-Bovy Archives at the Public and University Library". In Genava, n.s., t. XVIII / 1,1970. – Call number (s): Archives Baud-Bovy 1–302; not cataloged (1985/15; 2000/5; 2005/53)

External links

•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• Daniel Baud-Bovy, sur le site de la Société genevoise de Généalogie