Emanuel Witz (27 June 1717 – 11 December 1797) was a Swiss painter, born in

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. Witz was inspired by his brother (a sculptor) to apply himself to drawing. He subsequently received drawing lessons from

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in Bern. In 1738, he moved to

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where he continued his education under instructions of the painter Louis Galloche. He made friends with Edmé Bouchardon, François Boucher, Pierre-Jacques Cazes, Charles Joseph Natoire and Charles André van Loo. Afterwards he worked in Spain and Portugal as a portrait painter, historical painter and genre painter. Soon after his arrival, he got into difficulties and returned to

in the 1760s.

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Werke von Emanuel Witz in der Kunstsammlung Biel

Dictionnaire du Jura - Witz, Emmanuel
18th-century Swiss painters 18th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters 1717 births 1797 deaths People from Biel/Bienne {{Switzerland-painter-stub