David Sulzer

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Three women from Winterthur

David Sulzer (born September 9, 1784 in Winterthur ; † September 14, 1864 in Landschlacht TG ) was a Swiss portrait and genre painter .

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David Sulzer was born as the son of the master wagner and swordsmith Christoph Sulzer and Catharina Notz. After taking drawing lessons in Winterthur, Sulzer trained as a painter in Zurich and Bern . In 1803 he went to Paris with friends from Winterthur and Zurich, including Hans Jakob Oeri , where he trained as a painter for eight years in Jacques Louis David's studio . David Sulzer then worked in Bern and Winterthur, where he portrayed the members of the industrial families Sulzer and Rieter . In 1815 he traveled to Vienna to portray personalities of the European elite who took part in the Congress of Vienna .

In 1817 Sulzer married Franziska Katharina Freiin von Lütgendorff-Leinburg (* 1789), with whom he had four sons: Julius Karl Emil David Christoph (* 1818), Anton Emil Karl (* 1820), Gustav Heinrich (* 1822) and Albert David Christoph (* 1827). The oldest, Julius Karl Emil Sulzer , also became a portrait painter. Together with his father he created the double self-portrait in which both represented themselves.

David Sulzer made a considerable fortune, which he lost again while managing an estate in Weinfelden , which he acquired in 1852 . The artist died in poverty at the age of 80. He is considered the most important portraitist of his time in German-speaking Switzerland .

Sulzer's son, the portrait and history painter Julius Karl Emil Sulzer, was adopted by General Alexander Wilhelm von Kahlenberg in 1858.

David Sulzer's most important works are in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HLS calls Weinfelden
personal data
SURNAME Sulzer, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss portrait and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1864
Place of death Land battle TG