Johann Joseph Geisser
Johann Joseph Geisser (born March 29, 1824 in Altstätten , † October 10, 1894 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss landscape and genre painter .
Life
Johann Joseph Geisser was born as the son of the turner Johann Joseph Geisser and Maria Magdalena. Grüninger born. After an apprenticeship as a watchmaker, he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich from April 27, 1843 and continued his studies in Rome . He spent a few years in Zurich , where he worked as a landscape, genre and portrait painter . In 1863 he married Rosalie Louise Caroline Elise Masson. In 1865 he settled in Lausanne. From 1859 to 1886 he exhibited his works regularly in Geneva . From 1846 to 1886 he took part in the rotating exhibitions of the Swiss Art Society. In 1866 Geisser founded the Vaudois section of the Société des peintres et sculpteurs suisses . Works by him are in the Kunsthaus Zürich and in the art museums of Lausanne and St. Gallen .
literature
- Geisser, Johann Joseph . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 351 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Carl Brun : Swiss Artist Lexicon , Vol. I., 1905
Web links
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Geisser, Johann Joseph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Geisser, Johann Joseph. In: Sikart
- Johann-Joseph Geisser Werke on artnet
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geisser, Johann Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geisser, Johann-Joseph; Geisser, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss landscape and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altstätten |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1894 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |