Johann Friedrich Funk (sculptor, 1745)

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John Webber , Portrait of Johann Friedrich Funk (II.), 1773.

Johann Friedrich Funk (II.) (Born October 26, 1745 in Bern , † December 4, 1811 in Bern; citizen of Nidau ) was a Swiss sculptor .

Life

He completed his apprenticeship with his father of the same name, Johann Friedrich Funk . From 1766 to 1771 he studied in Paris at the Académie Royale and also worked as a drawing teacher. An important sculptural work of this time was the statue of the Grand Condé in the stairwell of the Paris War School.

In 1775 he returned to Bern and took over his father's workshop. The best income brought him mirror, sculpture and gilding work. In 1777, Funk created a bust of Albrecht von Haller and a tomb for the Basel mayor Isaak Hagenbach in the cloister of the Basel minster . Others followed in 1779 for Abraham Samuel Lombach in the Bümpliz Church and in 1782 for the mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli ( Church of St. Peter in Basel). The neo-classical Schultheissen throne was created for the Bern town hall in 1785. He was the landowner of the Steinhölzli am Gurten in Köniz . A street in Köniz was named after him in the 20th century.

The most important and most extensive collection of works by Johann Friedrich Funk (II.) Is now in Jegenstorf Castle .

The portrait opposite is by Johann Wäber (1751–1793), who later became the expedition painter Captain Cooks. He spent his youth in the house of Mathäus Funk , the sitter's uncle.

Funk was married twice: from 1775 to Maria Elisabeth Kurz, from 1805 to Maria Dällenbach.

literature

  • Peter Felder: Baroque sculpture of Switzerland (= contributions to the history of art in Switzerland; 6). Wiese, Basel 1988, ISBN 3-9091-5806-4 .
  • Hermann von Fischer : Fonck a Berne. Furniture and equipment from the Funk family of craftsmen in Bern in the 18th century. 2nd Edition. Stämpfli, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-7272-9115-X .
  • Johann Caspar Füssli : History of the best artists in Switzerland. Volume 5 = Appendix. Orell, Gessner and Comp., Zurich 1779, pp. 128–130.
  • William Hauptman: Henry Webber and Johann Friedrich Funk: observations on two portraits by John Webber . In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History, Vol. 56 (1999) doi : 10.5169 / seals-169563
  • Manuel Kehrli: Furniture and interior fittings of the Grande Société from 1766 to 1834. In: Claudia Lehmann (Red.): Hôtel de Musique and Grande Société in Bern. 1759-2009. Licorne-Verlag, Murten et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-85654-181-1 , pp. 169-210.

Web links

Commons : Johann Friedrich Funk (II.)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bern Burger Library: Funk, Johann Friedrich (1745-1811). Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Funk, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Funk, Johann Friedrich the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1811
Place of death Bern