Heinrich Rieter (painter)
Heinrich Rieter (born September 15, 1751 in Winterthur , † June 10, 1818 in Bern ) was a Swiss painter .
Life
Heinrich Rieter trained as a painter in Winterthur with Johann Ulrich Schellenberg . In 1771 he traveled to Dresden to see Anton Graff , who trained him further. In 1777 he settled in Bern and became a member of the local artist society. Rieter became an assistant and later an employee of Johann Ludwig Aberli . After his death in 1786 he took over his printing workshop. In Bern he was friends with Balthasar Anton Dunker , Sigmund Freudenberger and Johann Valentin Sonnenschein . In 1780 he began working as a drawing teacher at the public school in Bern. In 1787 he married Katharina Sutermeister from Zofingen.
Most of his works are in private hands.
literature
- Carl Brun : Rieter, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 592 f.
- Heinrich Rieter . In: New Year's Gazette of the Zurich Artists' Society for the year 1819 . 1819.
Web links
- Jochen Hesse: Rieter, Heinrich. In: Sikart
- Literature by and about Heinrich Rieter in the catalog of the German National Library
- The landscape painter Heinrich Rieter, in: Archive for Geography, History, State and War Art 10 (1819/20) , pp. 257–259
- Holdings on Heinrich Rieter in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rieter, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1818 |
| Place of death | Bern |