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 (177 total)
- La famille laborieuse
- Mädchen auf Schaukelpferd 1827
- Paysan de Zurich 1822
- Bauernhaus am Brienzersee
- Drei Frauen auf dem Markt in Bern
- Interlaken
- Paysanne Bernoise. Costume d’hiver 1819
- La famille laborieuse 2
- Bäuerin von Oberhasli 2 1798
- Basle 1809
- J. Roth de Grindelwald, Chasseur aux Chamois 1809
- Studie einer Frau am Spinnrad
- Bäuerin von Oberhasli 1798
- Apfelmarkt in Bern 1821
- Bäuerin mit Kindern und Hund
- Bauern bei der Heuernte
- À Matten pres d’Interlachen 1797 - 1809
- Bauernfamilie mit Tieren
- Valais 1809
- Luzerne. Costume des Élégantes 1809