Heinrich Bichler (also ''Hans Bichler'', ''Heinrich Büchler'' or ''Hans Büchler''; 1466–1497) was a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. Bichler was born in

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

, and later went on to be the instructor for the painter Hans Fries. In 1472 Bichler painted a portrait of

Sulpitius the Pious Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious (; died 17 January 644) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and saint. Life According to his ''Vita'', Sulpitius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. ...

for the

Schloss Thorberg Thorberg Castle (german: Schloss Thorberg) is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, now a prison, located in Krauchthal in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. History Of the castle of the von Thorberg family, first documented in 1175, ther ...

. He also completed a

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for two gates leading to the city of Fribourg in 1478, and a scene portraying the Battle of Morat in 1480.

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* * 15th-century Swiss painters 1466 births 1497 deaths Artists from Bern {{Switzerland-painter-stub