Hieronymus Holzach (painter)
Hieronymus Holzach (born March 8, 1733 in Basel , † 1793 in Basel) was a Swiss painter.
Life
Hieronymus Holzach took up the profession of painter like his father Eucharius . In 1759 he was involved in the restoration of the Basel town hall. In 1763 he became head of the newly founded government drawing school. From 1769 he was a member of the board of the painter guild for heaven . 1772–1774 he was federal governor in Mendrisio .
literature
- Gustaf Adolf Wanner : The Holzach. Story of an old Swiss family. Basel, Frankfurt am Main 1982.
- Erich Müller: 200 years of drawing lessons in Basel. Basel 1982 (160th New Year's Gazette of the GGG ).
- Basel minor master at the time of Isaak Iselin: (1728–1782) . Exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the GGG in the City and Minster Museum in Basel, from June 4 to July 1, 1977. Stadt- u. Minster Museum, Basel 1977.
- Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Vol. 4, 1927, p. 279.
- Gustav Frauenfelder: History of commercial vocational training in Switzerland. Lucerne 1938, p. 18.
- Carl Brun: Swiss artist lexicon. Volume 2. Frauenfeld 1905.
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| SURNAME | Holzach, Hieronymus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holzach, governor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1793 |
| Place of death | Basel |