Johann Caspar Füssli
Painting, Visual Artist
1706 – 1782
Who was Johann Caspar Füssli?
Johann Caspar Füssli was a Swiss portrait painter.
He was born in Zurich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer.
He studied painting in Vienna between 1724 and 1731, and then became a portraitist in the courts of southern Germany.
In 1736, he returned to Zurich, where he painted the members of the Government and figures of the Enlightenment era such as Johann Jakob Bodmer or Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. He died in Zurich.
He married Elisabeth Waser, and they had the following children:
Hans Rudolf Füssli
Johann Heinrich Füssli, painter
Johann Kaspar Füssli, painter and entomologist
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1706
Zürich - Also known as
- Johann Caspar Fussli
- Children
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Died
- May 6, 1782
Zürich
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on July 23, 2013
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