Johann Conrad Werdmüller

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Johann Conrad Werdmüller (born November 10, 1819 in Zurich ; † September 3, 1892 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Swiss draftsman and engraver .

Lithograph by Carl Friedrich Irminger around 1860

Life

Oetenbach Abbey in 1871 from the north-west
Fountain in the
Barfüsserkloster Zurich

Johann Conrad Werdmüller was the only son of Salomon Werdmüller and his wife Margarethe, née Bertschinger. After the early death of his father, he grew up with his sister in an orphanage. After school he did an apprenticeship as a lithographer with Friedrich Oberkogler. At the end of his apprenticeship, he copied the large cycle of paintings in the cloister of the Töss monastery on behalf of Ludwig Schulthess .

After 1838 he continued his education at the Munich Art Academy and with the Swiss copper engraver Samuel Amsler . After 1846 he worked for two years as a freelance copperplate engraver in Paris, after 1848 in Zurich.

On the occasion of a substitute at the industrial school, Werdmüller discovered his talent for teaching in 1853. After two years of teaching, in 1855 he was given a teaching position for figure drawing at the preliminary course at the construction school at the newly founded polytechnic . He kept this professorship for 35 years. He also worked at the secondary school for girls and at the University of Zurich . In the 1870s he was appointed senior teacher for life at the industrial school.

Johann Conrad Werdmüller was married to Maria Anna Maiser, who died in 1873. He died at the age of 72 while visiting his married daughter Friederike Clementine.

Pictures from the cloister of the Töss monastery

  • Monastery Töss Cloister1.jpg
  • Monastery Töss Cloister2.jpg
  • Monastery Töss Cloister4.jpg
  • Töss Monastery Cloister6.jpg

Web links

Commons : Johann Conrad Werdmüller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silvia Volkart: The world of images of the late Middle Ages. The wall paintings in Töss Abbey . Chronos, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-0340-1059-7 .
personal data
SURNAME Werdmüller, Johann Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werdmüller, Johann Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss draftsman and engraver, professor at the Zurich Polytechnic
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1892
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau