Johannes Pfenninger
Johannes Pfenninger (born February 20, 1765 in Stäfa ; † December 31, 1825 in Zurich ) was a Swiss painter and engraver .
biography
Johannes Pfenninger was the son of master dyer Johann Jakob Pfenninger and Magdalena Weymann. At the age of eight, Pfenninger worked as a stove tile painter for the potter Johannes Schulthess in Stäfa. With the support of Johann Kaspar Lavater , he came to study drawing with Georg Friedrich Schmoll in Urdorf in 1778 . He then worked as a secretary at Lavater, made portraits and silhouettes for the Physiognomic Fragments and learned drawing from Johann Balthasar Bullinger . In the 1780s he became a student of the engraver Christian von Mechel in Basel , and later he learned from Johann Melchior Wyrsch .
In 1793 he went on a study trip to Italy. In Rome, with the support of Asmus Jakob Carstens , he drew the ancient monuments. Johannes Pfenninger worked as a portrait painter , engraver and art teacher in Zurich from 1799 . In 1801 he married Dorothea Kramer and after her death in 1816 Magdalena Baag.
He also created mythological , biblical , allegorical and historical compositions. His students included u. a. Daniel Albert Freudweiler .
literature
- Pfenninger, Johannes . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932.
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist Lexicon or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . Vol. 11, p. 214
- Johann Jakob Horner : The life of the painter Johannes Pfenninger from Stäfa Zurich 1827.
Web links
- Veronika Feller-Vest: Pfenninger, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Pfenninger, Johannes. In: Sikart
- Pfenninger, Johannes in German Biography
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pfenninger, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1765 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stäfa |
DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1825 |
Place of death | Zurich |