Louis Amédée Baudit
Born in Mérignac (France) in 1870.
Died in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1960.
Swiss, of French origin · Figurative landscape painting · Geneva milieu and twentieth-century French-speaking Swiss painting.
Louis-Amédée Baudit belongs to the landscape painting tradition of French-speaking Switzerland in the twentieth century through his enduring connection with Geneva and the shores of Lake Geneva. After settling in the city in 1894, he developed a figurative language centred on water, light, and the shifting conditions of the sky.
The lake is the most distinctive focus of his work. Lateen-rigged boats, sailing vessels, harbours, fishermen, roadsteads, and Geneva’s Jet d’eau recur throughout his pictures, joining close observation of place with an interest in atmosphere: hazy mornings, sunsets, wind, and seasonal change.
His production consists chiefly of oils on canvas, alongside watercolours, pastels, charcoal, gouaches, and pencil drawings. Lake views are complemented by scenes of the Geneva and Vaud countryside, Alpine and Valais landscapes, and subjects from Brittany and the South of France, all marked by the same sensitivity to horizon and changing light.
The Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève lists Louis-Amédée Baudit in its online collection, and his work continues to appear in specialist Swiss-art auctions. The drawing Vieille Ferme en Bretagne (1935), executed in sanguine and white chalk, belongs within this body of work.
The works by Louis Amédée Baudit presented by Swiss Art Gallery extend this artistic journey and take their place naturally within this corpus.
