Charles Richard Beer

Charles Richard Beer is documented as the spouse of Thagouhi Zorian; the marriage is mentioned in 1923. The same source describes him as a “Maler und Graveur”, a designation which, in the available records, presents him as a painter and engraver. Together with Thagouhi Zorian, he opened a shop and exhibition space on the Grand’Rue in Geneva’s old town, where they displayed their works; both the location and the activity are attested by the source.

Through family and professional association, Beer appears to have been involved in a Geneva artistic circle centred around Thagouhi Zorian; the documentation indicates close contacts with other local figures and instances of shared studio space. The source specifies that Edith Duflon and Thagouhi Zorian shared, around 1925, the studio established at La Muraz (Villeneuve), a proximity that situates Beer within this artistic environment by association. In terms of public exhibitions, Thagouhi sent works to the 1961 commemorative exhibition «Eugène Gilliard et ses élèves» at the Musée Rath (Geneva), an element that places the couple within the documented Geneva exhibition network.

The catalogue of the 1961 Gilliard exhibition is cited in the bibliography associated with the file and serves as documentary support for the group’s presence in the consulted exhibition archives. The assembled elements make it possible to propose a gallery notice focused on his professional identity (painter and engraver), exhibition activity in Geneva, and network connections; however, they do not establish a corpus of signed works or a complete individual chronology for Charles Richard Beer.