 Albert Schenck Datapages 01, 02 & 04 are now on site. Plus all of the image pages, accessible though the index on page 05.  PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE This is Datapage 12 re Auguste (or August) Friedrich (or Frederic) Albrecht (or Albert) Schenck.
Do you want to make a comment? A site guestbook is here. Test. To search for specific text on this page, just press 'CTRL + F' & then enter your search term. L'�CHIR now known as LA RAFALE (1880) This work comes from the website of the City of �couen, near Paris, France, where the artist lived for most of his life. He even has a street there named after him - 'Rue Auguste Schenck'. Two postcards which show the street are low on page 04.
For many years, I could not tell from the City of �couen website, the name of the work or exactly where the work was in �couen or indeed, come to think of it, whether the work was in fact owned by the City of �couen at all. And then, I could not find the image on their website any more.
But, the City of �couen changed its website & the painting became again visible - on this page, only to be today, in Sep. 2021, gone again. When that page was operative, the painting was identified as being 'L'�chir', a Schenck work long lost to the webmaster. It would seem that today the City of City of �couen names the work 'La Rafale' (the gust).
The work is today kindly made available by 'Les Peintres D'Ecouen 1850-1900' with a fine page about the artist here & the actual painting here. Such page tells us that the painting was given to the Ville d'�couen by Schenck's widow, along with a large portrait of the artist painted by Frederick D. Henwood (1864/1948), 'in exchange' for the naming of the street on which they lived, after her husband. 
In June 2011, Gilbert Rousseau, of the �couen tourist office, was in touch (thanks so much, Gilbert!) & advises as follows:
Le tableau appel� L�ECHIR est effectivement expos� � l�H�tel de ville de notre cit�. Ce grand tableau est un don d�A. SCHENCK ou de ses descendants � notre commune.
A. SCHENCK est venu habiter notre commune en 1862 et y est d�c�d� en 1900.
Une collection de l��cole d�Ecouen est visible � l�H�tel de ville et r�uni outre ce SCHENCK des toiles de Paul SEIGNAC, L�on DANSAERT, C. B. D�ENTRAYGUES, Louis LASSALLE-CABAILLOT, Paul LORILLON, Gaston et Jean Pierre HAAG, F�lix GARDON, Charles Edouard FRERE, Pierre Edouard FRERE, J. B. DUFFAUD, Luigi CHIALIVA, Th�ophile Emmanuel DUVERGER et Victor NAVLET.
Which, I believe, advises that the work is on display at the Town Hall of the City of �couen, along with artworks of a great many other �couen artists. That the artist came to live in �couen in 1862 & died there in 1900. And that 'L'�chir' was, in fact, a gift to the City by the Schenck family.
One matter remains! I have never been successful in trying to translate the name of the work (L'�chir) into English. Can anybody help in that regard? In the white text here, the work's name was translated/described in 1884 as 'Snow Squall in the Auvergne Mountains'.
Re the meaning of 'L'�chir', F. Meunier, of France, has kindly come to the rescue! In a guestbook message in Jul. 2012 he states as follows:-
Referring to the painting 'L'�chir' on page 12, I understand that the meaning of 'l�echir' could be a problem, even here in France!
L��chir, which should have been written 'l��cir', but pronounced indeed 'l'�chir', is an old Occitan word, It is the name of the cold wind from the NE which covers with snow the mountains of Auvergne.
This is exactly what the painting represents: a strong blow of cold wind with abundant and penetrating snow (brrr). This word is used (seldomly) locally, mainly for traditional crafts. Google for 'ecir' returns mainly names of typical restaurants or producers of sheep cheese in Auvergne!
Since the word '�chir' is so much appropriate to the work of August Schenck, it had to be clarified.
Thank you so much M. Meunier! 
UNKNOWN SCHENCK PAINTING No. 4 The next work is an oil on canvas painting of 35-1/2" x 55-1/4" & signed 'Schenck' in lower right, that sold for U.S. $4,600 on Jan. 5/6 2002 via Brunk Auctions of Asheville, Carolina. They believed the artist to be Danish. 
More when I get more! Maybe YOU could provide new data or could provide a clue as to where new data about this work (or indeed any other Schenck work) might be found. I would truly welcome your input. To the Schenck Datapages 01, 02 & 04. Page 05 is an image index page.
To the Albert Schenck Slider Puzzle Page & to the Special Pages Index.
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