Charles l’Eplattenier

Charles L'Eplattenier (1874-1946) was a Swiss painter and architect.

L'Eplattenier is considered one of the most important representatives of the Swiss Jugendstil (Art Nouveau), even though he only rarely outside of the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds effect, in 1897 where he was at the arts and crafts school. Among his students and others belonged to the architect Le Corbusier, which is in the choice of his name from the pseudonym may affect his teacher was.

La Chaux-de-Fonds then evolved into one of the leading centres of the Swiss watch industry, and the economic boom caused by the wealthy citizens of the city for a large demand for real estate and art objects in the style of the time. L'Eplattenier with his students developed their own expression of art nouveau, which according to a frequently recurring motif also style sapin ( "pine style"), and, above all, an intensive study of nature and an artistic stylization of its structures was interested vorgefunden .

Among his major works include in La Chaux-de-Fonds established memorials for the Republic and for the Federal Numa Droz, as well as figurines and decorative elements in the crematorium at the cemetery in the city. In addition, the City Museum of Fine Arts after his designs designed.

He fatal 1946 accident on the motive search the rocky terrain on the Doubs River.