Antonie Frederik Zürcher (2 January 1825 – 15 April 1876) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, etcher and art teacher. Zürcher was born in

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as the oldest son of Johannes Cornelis Zurcher in a family of artists.Antonie Frederik Zürcher in the

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After his formal training in Amsterdam he became a drawing teacher at the academy there. He married in Amsterdam in 1850 and the couple had 14 children, including the painter Johannes Wilhelm Cornelis Zurcher. After his school was closed he was reassigned a position in

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, where he later died. His younger brother Frederik Willem Zürcher was also a painter.

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Antonie Frederik Zurcher
on artnet 1825 births 1876 deaths Painters from Amsterdam Dutch male painters 19th-century Dutch painters 19th-century male artists 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub