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Emanuel Witz (born June 27, 1717 in Biel ; † December 11, 1797 there ) was a Swiss painter .
Life
Witz started out as a scribe and then got into drawing through his brother, a sculptor . He then received drawing lessons from Johann Rudolf Huber in Bern . In 1738 he moved to Paris , where he continued his training under the guidance of the painter Louis Galloche . He was friends with Edmé Bouchardon , François Boucher , Pierre-Jacques Cazes, Charles-Joseph Natoire and Charles André van Loo. He then worked in Spain and Portugal as a portrait , history and genre painter . After getting into trouble in Spain, he returned to Biel around 1760.
literature
- Friedrich Müller: The artists of all times and peoples , Volume 3, Stuttgart 1864
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon , Volume 22, Munich 1852 ( Google book search)
Web links
- Joke, Emanuel. In: Sikart
- Works by Emanuel Witz in the Biel Art Collection
- Dictionnaire du Jura - joke, Emmanuel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joke, Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biel / Bienne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1797 |
| Place of death | Biel / Bienne |