Konrad Corradi, originally Johann Corradi, (2 September 1813, Oberneunforn - 9 April 1878,

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) was a Swiss landscape painter, illustrator and

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artist.

Life and work

In 1821, he began a six-year apprenticeship at the studios of Johann Heinrich Bleuler, the Younger (1787–1857) in

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, which he completed in 1827. From 1833, he worked at the painting school and publishing house operated by Bleuler's brother, Johann Ludwig, at Schloss Laufen. In 1837, he went to

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, where he made the acquaintance of

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, who introduced him to oil painting. The following year, he married Elisabeth Egli from Uhwiesen, where he eventually settled; although he travelled extensively in the summer, until he became too infirm. In 1863, he was a co-founder of the

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. Among his best known works were the illustrations commissioned by , a publisher in

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, for his book ''Das Großherzogthum Baden in malerischen Originalansichen'' (The Grand Duchy of Baden in picturesque original views).

Sources

* Robert Pfaff: ''Die Bleuler Malschule auf Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall'', Verlag Kuhn-Druck, 1985. *

External links

More works by Corradi
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