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

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painter and art historian.

Biography

Füssli was born in

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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 Germany. In 1736, he returned to Zürich, where he painted members of the government and figures of the

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such as Johann Jakob Bodmer and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. He also wrote and illustrated two dictionaries of Swiss painters and became well known as an art historian. He married Elisabeth Waser, and they had 18 children. Four of them later became known as painters: Johann Heinrich ("Henry Fuseli", 1741–1825), Johann Kaspar (1743–1786), Elisabeth (1744–1780), and Anna (1749–1772). Johann Caspar Füssli died in Zürich in 1782.

Publications

* ''Geschichte und Abbildung der besten Mahler in der Schweitz'' ("History and Illustration of the Best Painters in Switzerland"), 1754–1757. * ''Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz'' ("History of the Best Artists in Switzerland"), 1769–1779.

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