biographie de Jean (John) AUBERY (1810-1893)
Birth place: Kassel, Germany
Addresses: Cincinnati, 1853 and after
Profession: Portrait, historical and religious painter
Exhibited: NAD, 1860; Boston Athen., 1860
Work: Cincinnati Art Mus.
Comments: Aubery worked in Paris 1838-48; in Rome 1848-1853; and then came to the U.S., settling in Cincinnati. He collaborated for a while with R. Strauss painting portraits, Strauss doing the figures and Aubery the landscape backgrounds. Groce & Wallace speculated that John Auberg, listed in the Ohio BD 1859 as living in Cincinnati, was more than likely actually Jean Aubery.
Sources: G&W; Thieme-Becker; Swan, BA, 199; Cincinnati BD 1853, 1856, 1859-60; NAD Cat. 1860, BA Cat. 1860. More recently, see Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age, 35 (w/illus.).