Franz Niklaus König
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Artworks: 177
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.
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Master student
- Marquard Wocher Master
- Balthasar Anton Dunker Master
Artworks by this artist (177 total)
- Drei Frauen auf dem Markt in Bern
- Studie eines Berner Oberländer Bauernmädchens
- Lüzerne. 1809
- Valais 1809
- Costume du Canton d’Argovie
- Der Knabe und das Mädchen 1798
- Le Retour du Marché
- Zug 1809
- Henne und Küken 1825
- J. Roth, de Grindelwald 1800
- Der Kiltgang im Canton Bern 1798
- Heinrich Rieter, Maler und Radierer (1751-1818) 1818
- Appenzell 1809
- Die Sitzung unter der Linde 1799
- Stillleben mit Gefässen und Besen
- Thurgovie 1809
- Tragekorb und Beil
- Das Buttermädchen 1824
- Die Gluck-henne 1801
- Quelle mit Brunnen