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Maurice Victor Achener (17 September 1881 – 19 April 1963[citation needed]) was a French illustrator, painter, and print maker.[1]
Maurice Achener was an Alsatian fromMulhouse, born September 17, 1881.
The artist studied at a fine arts school inStrausberg (l'école des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg). He pursued further studies at the Arts Academy in Munich. There, he was a student ofLudwig von Löfftz and ofPeter Halm, who introduced him to etching.
In 1901 Émile Schneider and Georges Ritleng created a group of artists called the Alsatian Artist Society (in French: la Société des artistes alsaciens). This society counted among its members Maurice Achner, Daniel Schoen, Hansi, Alexandre Urbain, and N. Forsberg. Achner developed a friendship withAndré Engel [fr], who was also from Mulhouse. His etchings were published in "la Revue alasacienne illustrée" (the Illustrated Alsatian Review), a periodical edited byCharles Spindler.
He also became friends with the etcher and sculptorMaurice Bastide du Lude [fr], at a studio situated at the Château du Lude near Orléans where they both worked. He created several small prints of his etchings which are still owned by the descendants of Bastide du Lude.
Maurice Achener settled down in Paris in 1905. From 1907 to 1908, he worked withJean-Paul Laurens.
After becoming a French citizen in 1913, he participated in the First World War on the French coast under the family name of his wife, Émilie Patry. Patry, whose family was from Geneva, was the cousin ofMathilde Paravicini. Achner never stopped working and was highly recognized for his etching talents. After a long career as an artist, he died in Paris on April 19, 1963.
His work was mainly of landscapes, created based on real life, as well as on numerous designs and paintings which he then used for his etchings. He eventually began working directly on the slab. Each engraving went through many "stages." He would carefully research which paper would work best for his prints. He created his own inks. He was a precise and thorough printmaker, but his work was poetic and, although it is considered to be in the classical tradition, deeply personal.
He often drewParis but also covered the rest of France as he was commissioned to do so. He illustrated Alsace, the Alps, with a partiality to Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, Provence, the region of Poitiers, Carcassonne, Corsica and Brittany. He also visited Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. He spent time in Tunisia and in the United States, where his works were purchased by major collectors.
He created nearly 550 prints, mainly with etching anddrypoint. He also worked with oil paints and used pastel for some of his beautiful portraits, notably those of children in his family.
Jean-Eugène Bersier described him in 1963 as such: "The printmakers Beaufrère, Mac Langhlan, Achener represent a diverse collection of honest and solid art."
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