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David Sulzer (painter)
David Sulzer (9 September 1784, Winterthur - 14 September 1864, near Münsterlingen) was a Swiss portrait and genre painter. Life and work His father, Christoph, was a Master wheelwright and swordsmith. After taking drawing lessons at a local school, he trained as a painter in Zürich and Bern. In 1803 he, Hans Jakob Oeri, and some other friends took a trip to Paris, where he copied works by the Old Masters and trained in the studios of Jacques Louis David for eight years. Despite David's influence, decided to devote himself almost entirely to portraits. After that, he worked in Bern and Winterthur, where he did portraits of the members of notable bourgeois industrial families. In 1815, he travelled to Austria to portray the elite personalities who participated in the Vienna Congress. In 1817, he entered the nobility by marrying Franziska Katharina Freiin von Lütgendorff-Leinburg (1787 - 1862), with whom he had four sons. Their eldest, , also became a portrait painter. Ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sulzer & Julius Karl Emil Sulzer - Doppelselbstbildnis
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
