Sigmund Freudenberger

Sigmund Freudenberger (16 June 1745 – 15 November 1801) was a Swiss painter and engraver.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Freudenberger was the son of a lawyer, and studied as a portraitist. He lived from 1765 to 1773 in Paris, where he worked with François Boucher and Jean-Michel Moreau.^[2] He then founded in a private art school in Bern and was known as "Little Master" for his genre-like depictions of rural life.

References[edit]

^ Stein, Perrin; Holmes, Mary Tavener; N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York (1999). Eighteenth-century French Drawings in New York Collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-87099-892-8.
^ Hind, Arthur Mayger (1963-06-01). A History of Engraving & Etching From the 15th Century to the Year 1914. Courier Corporation. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-486-20954-8.

Bloesch.: Freudenberger, Sigmund. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 7. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 355.
Sigmund Freudenberger in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

External links[edit]

Media related to Sigmund Freudenberger at Wikimedia Commons
Works by Sigmund Freudenberger at Project Gutenberg

This article about a Swiss painter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Stein, Perrin; Holmes, Mary Tavener; N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York (1999). Eighteenth-century French Drawings in New York Collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-87099-892-8.

[2] Hind, Arthur Mayger (1963-06-01). A History of Engraving & Etching From the 15th Century to the Year 1914. Courier Corporation. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-486-20954-8.

[1]

[2]

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF 2
National	Spain France 2 BnF data 2 Germany Italy United States Czech Republic Australia Poland Vatican
Artists	KulturNav RKD Artists SIKART Städel ULAN
People	Deutsche Biographie Trove
Other	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland IdRef