Johann Emanuel Wyss
Johann Emanuel Wyss (born July 18, 1782 in Bern ; † May 31, 1837 there ) was a Swiss painter and draftsman.
Life
Johann Emanuel Wyss was born as the son of the pastor Johann David Wyss and Maria Catharina Müller. Johann Rudolf Wyss was his brother. Wyss trained as an animal and landscape painter with Johann Georg Volmar in Bern. He made around 300 ornithological sheets. However, he primarily devoted himself to heraldry . He designed stained glass, painted family trees, pedigree charts and family books. Wyss designed the book of coats of arms published in 1829 for all the families buried in the city of Bern . On the basis of a find in one of his father's pieces of furniture, he put together an extensive collection of cracked windows, which are now in the British Museum and in theBern Historical Museum .
literature
- Anna-Katharina Bähler: Wyss, Johann Emanuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Franz Bächtiger, Rolf Hasler (ed.): «Praise a Confederation». Drafts for Swiss glass paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Wyss Disc Tear Collection. Historical Museum Bern, Bern 1997.
- Rolf Hasler: The Wyss Disc Tear Collection. Catalog. 2 vol. Stämpfli, Bern 1996–1997.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Holdings in the burger library in Bern
- Holdings in the British Museum (part of the Wyss collection)
- Wyss, Johann Emanuel. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wyss, Johann Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1837 |
| Place of death | Bern |