AIMÉ BARRAUD
Aimé Barraud
1902 La Chaux-de-Fonds/Switzerland – 1954 Neuenburg/Switzerland
Coming from a modest background, Aimé and his brothers Charles, François and Aurèle have to contribute to the support of the household by doing unskilled work after school. With the money they can spare, the four sons continue their artistic training in evening classes at the local art school. Due to a serious illness of their father, the sons have to earn money as construction workers after finishing primary school. In 1922, Aimé moves with François to Reims, where they work as house painters and continue their artistic training. They move on to Paris, working again as construction workers while spending their Sundays studying art and visiting museums. François goes back to Reims and in his place Aurèle joins Aimé in Paris. Together they can exhibit twice at an art gallery.
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“En 1902, Aimé Barraud né à la Chaux-de-Fonds, le troisième frère de cette famille d’artistes qui occupa une place prépondérante sur la scène artistique neuchâteloise et suisse du XXe siècle. Travailleur infatigable, il a produit plusieurs centaines de tableaux, de dessins et de gravures, affirmant un style personnel et réaliste dont la technique devait plus aux anciens qu’aux mouvances postimpressionnistes de son époque. Artiste prétendument à contre-courant, Barraud prend place, comme son frère François, dans le mouvement de la Nouvelle Objectivité qu’il a peu ou mal connue.”