David Eduard Steiner (7 April 1811,

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

– 5 April 1860 also in Winterthur) was a Swiss painter.

Biography

He began studying painting under his father and continued his studies in 1829 at the

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. He returned to Winterthur in 1837. He first started as a

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painter, then in 1840 he devoted himself to painting history and

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s. His works include the tableau entitled "Ulrich Zwingli shaking hands with Martin Luther as a sign of brotherly love" (1856) for the municipal library in Winterthur. The

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also has some of his works in their collection, as does the

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* * 1811 births 1860 deaths 19th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century Swiss male artists {{Switzerland-painter-stub