Samuel Birmann
Samuel Birman (* 11. August 1793 in Basel , † 27. September 1847 ) was a Swiss landscape painter of romanticism .
Life
His landscape painting works are strongly influenced at the beginning by his father Peter Birmann , from whom he was also trained. At first he looked for his motifs in the Jura and the Baden neighborhood, later his preferred motifs were in the Bernese Oberland , Wallis and Savoy .
Many of his works, the most important of which date from around 1820, are now in the Kunstmuseum Basel .
He was married to Juliana Birmann-Vischer (* 1785; † 1859), who after his death in 1853 adopted Martin Grieder , who went down in the canton history of Basel-Landschaft through his social and political commitment .
Works (excerpt)
- Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix (etc.). , Basel 1826
- Notes on Landoekonomie , Basel 1835–1836
Web links
Commons : Samuel Birmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Birmann, Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Yvonne Boerlin-Brodbeck: Birmann, Samuel. In: Sikart
- Publications by and about Samuel Birmann in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Samuel Birmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Images and texts from Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix by Samuel Birmann can be found on the VIATIMAGES portal .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birmann, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss landscape painter of the Romantic period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1847 |
| Place of death | Basel |