Frantz Seimetz

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Frantz Seimetz (1858-26 October 1934) was a prolific Luxembourg artist who created portraits and landscapes in the Impressionist style.

Early life

Seimetz, a native of Grevenmacher, became a house painter and decorator before the industrialist Antoine Pescatore discovered his artistic skills and provided funds for his education. He began his studies in Brussels in 1875, continuing at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (1879–1881) and then the French Academy (1881–1887).

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Career

Seimetz was a prolific artist, etching over a thousand oils, watercolours, and sketches of scenes in Luxembourg City and around the country. His apprenticeship, on the other hand, is rather uneven compared to that of his friend Jean-Pierre Beckius, who is known as the national "Moselle painter." He spent his time in Echternach, painting numerous scenes of the area, including the Mullerthal. His photographs are usually accurate and marginally romantic, bordering on Impressionism. His style became more vibrant after 1900, reflecting the joy and beauty of the time he must have lived.

Seimetz's personality was more like his paintings. With his full moustache, small beard, curly hair, his floppy hat, and flowing clothing, he was regarded as something of an eccentric. He lived a bohemian yet adventurous life, always hopeful and full of good humor. He travelled to Canada, the West Indies, and Mexico. He sailed down the Mississippi on a flat boat from the United States. Marie-Antoinette Bourger of Arlon, a talented artist, did not object to their husband's rather complicated marriage. They moved to Luxembourg City after Echternach and then Arlon in 1923, where their house packed with old furniture is said to have looked like a museum.

Many of Seimetz' portraits depict exotic figures he encountered on his travels, but there are also beautiful portraits of his wife and his Luxembourg colleagues, including Michel Rodange, Sosthène Weis, Michel Engels, and Batty Weber. However, his masterpiece is generally considered to be his portrait of a fair-haired teen. Many of his self-portraits are reminiscent of Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Seimetz's last photograph was painted in 1932. He continued writing in German, Luxembourgish, and finally in his Moselle dialect. "Der Feuersalamander" is brimming with amusing anecdotes and tales from his youth, as well as passages describing his political and religious convictions.

Seimetz is remembered as a conscientious artist who ruled Luxembourg's art scene for a long time. He was the first Luxembourger to explore Impressionism and the first to paint out in the open air, after Nicolas Liez. He was also the first Luxembourger to live from art alone. Seimetz died in Luxembourg City, on October 26, 1934.

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Affiliations and awards

• 1904, Grand-Duc Adolphe Prize together with Dominique Lang.