Jakob Christoph Miville
Romantic landscapes of vast nature
Born in Basel, Jakob Christoph Miville was a widely traveled painter and draftsman. A sojourn in Rome and tours of the Alps informed his early heroic landscapes. But it was only during his stay in Russia (1809 –1817) that he developed his distinctive feeling for nature: the vast expanses and sceneries he encountered in Crimea and the Caucasus inspired his evolution into a Romantic landscape artist. He returned to his native city with an extensive collection of sketches and studies, which served as the foundation for the paintings he continued to produce in Switzerland.
Artworks by this artist (31 total)
- Reiterin vor einem Abgrund 1805
- Self-Portrait 1825
- Hochgebirgslandschaft mit Wolken 1807[-]1809
- Nordische Landschaft, Blick auf das Dorf Baldohn 1809[-]1816
- Portrait of the Artist’s Brother, Heinrich Miville-Krug 1824
- Baumstudie vor Landschaft 1805[-]1807
- Self-Portrait 1824
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Maria Magdalena Miville-Lotz 1824-25
- Panorama der Volskerberge 1805-1807
- View of the Bristenstock close to Altdorf 1821[-]1824
- Heroische Küstenlandschaft 1805[-]1807
- In the village of Meiringen towards the Well- and Wetterhorn
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Maria Magdalena Miville-Lotz 1824
- Portrait of the Artist’s Sister-in-Law, Salome Miville-Keller 1824
- Self-Portrait 1821
- Olevano von Osten 1805[-]1807
- Portrait of the Artist’s Brother, Leonhard Miville-Keller 1824
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Maria Magdalena Miville-Lotz II 1824
- Baumpaar mit Staffagefigur 1805[-]1807
- Italian Landscape