Franz Niklaus König
Swiss genre painter and diaphany creator
Franz Niklaus König was a Swiss painter of genre art and portraits. After studying under Tiberius and Marquard Wocher, Sigmund Freudenberger and Balthasar Anton Dunker, he made a name for himself through dress pictures, rural genre scenes and landscapes. He found success with his Diaphanies, which were exhibited in Switzerland, Germany and France, and were seen by Johann Heinrich Meyer and Goethe. in 1797 moved he and his family into the Bernese Oberland and in 1798 he took over as captain of artillery in the battle against the French invasion of Switzerland. He was a participant in the Unspunnenfest celebrations of 1805 and 1808.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Marquard Wocher Master
- Balthasar Anton Dunker Master
Artworks by this artist
- Der Bärengraben in Bern
- Apfelmarkt in Bern 1821
- Portrait Of Jean Frédéric D’ostervald (1773-1850) And His Wife, Rose-Marie Alexandrine D’ivernois 1797
- Paysanne Suisse
- Maraine Bernoise 1822
- Zug
- Marktstand in Bern
- Berne. Gouggisberg 1809
- Drei Bäuerinnen auf dem Markt in Bern
- Costumes de Berne
- Markt in Bern
- Die Stickerin an der Haustreppe 1798
- J. Roth, de Grindelwald 1800
- Valais 1809
- Gemüsehandel in Bern
- Die Hochzeit
- La famille laborieuse
- Blick von der Kleinen Schanze gegen die Alpen
- Bauernhaus am Brienzersee
- Der Knabe und das Mädchen 2 1798