Jenny Burckhardt

Family grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

Johann Jakob Bachofen , painted by Jenny Burckhardt, auditorium of the University of Basel

Jenny Burckhardt , actually Johanna Louise Caroline Burckhardt (born August 22, 1849 in Basel ; † September 29, 1935 there ) was a Swiss painter.

Burckhardt came from a family of artists in Basel, her older sister Marie (1847–1917) was also a painter. Both studied between 1874 and 1878 in Basel with Johann Baptist Weißbrod and in the painting and drawing class of the engraver Friedrich Weber . Study trips took her to Rome , Florence and Munich . Jenny Burckhardt mainly created portraits, often copying old masters . She exhibited her works several times in the Kunsthalle Basel .

literature

C. Brun: Lexicon of Swiss Painters , Vol. IV, p. 490

Web links

Commons : Jenny Burckhardt - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Burckhardt, Jenny (Johanna) Louise Caroline. In: Sikart
Jenny Burckhardt, family tree In: stroux.org

Individual evidence

↑ Burckhardt, Marie. In: General Artist Lexicon. KG Saur. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Burckhardt, Jenny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Burckhardt, Johanna Louise Caroline (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 22, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1935
Place of death	Basel

[1] Burckhardt, Marie. In: General Artist Lexicon. KG Saur. Retrieved December 7, 2014.