Johann Heinrich Wüest

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Johann Heinrich Wüest (born May 14, 1741 in Zurich ; † April 7, 1821 there ) was a Swiss landscape painter of the pre-romantic era .

life and work

He completed his training in his hometown of Zurich, where he also mainly worked. His early works were heavily inspired by Dutch - Flemish painting of the Golden Age . During his stay in the Netherlands he was warmly received by Jacob Maurer, who was also Swiss ; He brought him together with the art dealer Cornelis Ploos, as well as with Creutz von Gottlieben, who taught him in perspective. After Maurer's death, Wüest adopted his son. He later developed an independent style of painting that was reflected in transfigured mood landscapes. Wüest, along with Caspar Wolf , Johann Heinrich Füssli , Anton Graff and Adrian Zingg, can be counted among the most important Swiss pro-romanticists.

His best-known work is The Rhone Glacier from 1795. Like many pre-Romantic and Romantic artists, Wüest used a real landscape model, here the Rhone Glacier , and composed an atmospheric landscape from it. The painting is reminiscent of the works of Jacob van Ruisdael through the dominance of the sky and the cloud formations . The combination of a wild alpine landscape and primarily tiny-looking back figures as accessories anticipates essential design elements of romantic painting.

Works (selection)

  • The Rhone Glacier , around 1775

  • View of Kyburg Castle , around 1790

literature

  • Kunsthaus Zürich - complete catalog of paintings and sculptures . Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2007.
  • Catalog raisonné or descriptive directory of the Hoser painting collection set up in the gallery building of the Society of Patriotic Art Friends in Prague. ... Edited by Dr. JKEH Joseph Carl Eduard HOSER, 1846.
  • New Years Pieces. Edited by the Artists 'Society in Zurich (NF ff .: New Year's Journal of the Artists' Society in Zurich; 1896 ff .: New Year's Journal of the Art Society in Zurich; later: New Year's Journal of the Zurich Art Society). Piece 1 ff. 1805 ff, Volume 1. 1805

Web links

Commons : Johann Heinrich Wüest  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog raisonné or descriptive directory of the in the gallery building ... - Joseph Carl Eduard HOSER - Google Books
  2. ↑ New Year's Pieces . Edited by the Artists 'Society in Zurich (NF ff .: New Year's Journal of the Artists' Society in Zurich; 1896 ff .: New Year's Journal of the Art Society in Zurich; later: New Year's Journal of the Zurich Art Society). Item 1 ff. 1805 ff . 1805 ( google.nl [accessed August 11, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Wüest, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1821
Place of death Zurich