Johann Caspar Füssli (3 January 1706 – 6 May 1782) was a Swiss

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painter and writer.

Biography

Füssli was born in Zurich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer. He studied painting in

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between 1724 and 1731, and then became a portraitist in the courts of southern

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. In 1736, he returned to Zurich, where he painted the members of the Government and figures of the

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such as

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and

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. He married Elisabeth Waser, and they had five children: Hans Rudolf, Johann Kaspar (1743–1786), Johann Heinrich ("Henry Fuseli", 1745–1832),

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(1749–1772), and Elisabeth. Füssli died in Zurich in 1782.

Publications

* ''Geschichte und Abbildung der besten Mahler in der Schweitz'', (1754–1757), (Story And Illustration Of The Best Swiss Painters) * ''Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz'' (1769–1779), (Story Of The Best Swiss Artists)

External links

* * Swiss portrait painters Swiss art historians 1706 births 1782 deaths Artists from Zürich 18th-century Swiss painters 18th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters Johann Caspar {{Switzerland-painter-stub