Lukas Vischer (collector)
Lukas Vischer (* 24. October 1780 in Basel , † 23. December 1840 in Castle Ebenrain in Sissach ) was a Swiss businessman and, like his father, a gifted amateur - artists . Of ethnological interest are his depictions of Creek Indians in the United States of America and his studies of Mexican life. During his nine-year stay in the Central American country, he brought together one of the most important European collections of pre-Columbian sculpture and ceramics. It is now in the Basel Museum of Cultures , the city's old ethnographic museum.
literature
- Ferdinand Anders, Margarete Pfister-Burkhalter, Christian F. Feest : Lukas Vischer (1780-1840), artist, traveler, collector: a contribution to the ethnography of the United States of America as well as to the archeology and folklore of Mexico . Commission publisher Münstermann-Druck, Hanover 1967, OCLC 7070705 .
- Gerhard Baer: Old Mexican sculptures from the Lukas Vischer collection, Museum für Völkerkunde Basel . Wepf, Basel 1990, ISBN 3-85977-094-2 .
- Ulf Bankmann, Gerhard Baer: Ancient Mexican Ceramics from the Lukas Vischer Collection, Ethnographic Museum Basel . Friedrich Reinhardt, Basel 1996, ISBN 3-7245-0909-X .
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| SURNAME | Vischer, Lukas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vischer, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss businessman and amateur artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1840 |
| Place of death | Ebenrain Castle , Sissach |