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Johann Rudolf Huber (21 April 1668 – 28 February 1748) was an eminent
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portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were
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Biography

Huber was born as the son of a landlord in
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. There, in
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,
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and
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he learned to paint. In 1699 he was appointed court painter at the court in
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. He did portraits of nearly 5,000 of his contemporaries. He died in
Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
. Huber was one of the most important Swiss painters of his time.


Sources

* ''Register der Contrafeit so ich nach dem Leben gemahldt habe'' (1683–1718), Kunstmuseum Winterthur, doi:10.7891/e-manuscripta-48580


Further reading

* Maurice W. Brockwell, ''Catalogue of the pictures and other works of Art in the collection of Lord St. Oswald at Nostell Priory'', London: 1915. *Matthew Pilkington, Henry Fuseli, ''A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of art to the present period'', London: John Crowder 1805, p. 26
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* Manuel Kehrli: ''Sein Geist ist zu allem fähig. Der Maler, Sammler und Kunstkenner Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748).'' Basel 2010
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* ''Johann Rudolf Huber 1668-1748. Ein Maler der bernischen Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts.'' (Catalogue), Jegenstorf 1982. * Johann Caspar Füssli: ''Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz.'' Bd. 2 Orell, Gessner und Comp., Zurich 1757, S. 212-22
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Gallery

File:BeatFischer.jpg, Beat Fischer (1697) File:Johann Rudolf Sinner (1704) by Johann Rudolf Huber.tif File:FL de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin.png, François-Louis de Pêmes de St.Saphorin File:Huber Carl III.Wilhelm.jpeg, Markgraf Carl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1710) File:Huber Marschall Menzingen.jpg, Marschall von Mentzingen File:Congrès de Bade.jpg, Der Badener Friedenskongress (1714) File:Huber Samuel Frisching II.jpg, Samuel Frisching File:Huber Christoph Steiger.jpg, Christoph Steiger File:Albrecht von Haller 1736.jpg, Albrecht von Haller File:Huber unbekannte dame.jpeg, Portrait of an unknown woman File:Huber Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki.jpg, Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki File:110Friedrich Carl.jpg, Friedrich Karl von Württemberg, 1700 File:Huber Johann Rudolf Rudolf.jpg, Johann Rudolf Rudolf File:Karl-friedrich-drollinger.jpg, Carl Friedrich Drollinger File:Daniel Bernoulli 001.jpg, Daniel Bernoulli File:File-Huber selbstportrait1710.jpg, self-portrait


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huber, Johann Rudolf 1668 births 1748 deaths 17th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters 18th-century Swiss painters 18th-century Swiss male artists Swiss portrait painters