Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (18 January 1733 – 14 April 1794) was an 18th-century Swiss landscape artist who worked in oils (until 1764), watercolours, and pen and ink media. Grimm specialized in... Read full biography
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (18 January 1733 – 14 April 1794) was an 18th-century Swiss landscape artist who worked in oils (until 1764), watercolours, and pen and ink media. Grimm specialized in documenting historical scenes and events; he also illustrated books such as Gilbert White's The Natural... Read full biography
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (18 January 1733 – 14 April 1794) was an 18th-century Swiss landscape artist who worked in oils (until 1764), watercolours, and pen and ink media. Grimm specialized in documenting historical scenes and events; he also illustrated books such as Gilbert White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. Grimm was born in 1733 in Burgdorf, a town situated to the north-east of Bern in Switzerland. Initially Grimm aspired to be a poet and in 1762 published a volume of... Read full biography
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (18 January 1733 – 14 April 1794) was an 18th-century Swiss landscape artist who worked in oils (until 1764), watercolours, and pen and ink media. Grimm specialized in documenting historical scenes and events; he also illustrated books such as Gilbert White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. Grimm was born in 1733 in Burgdorf, a town situated to the north-east of Bern in Switzerland. Initially Grimm aspired to be a poet and in 1762 published a volume of poems. Shortly before 1760 Grimm moved to Bern and studied under Johann Ludwig Aberli who had taken over a drawing school that had previously been run by his uncle Johann Rudolf Grimm. Aberli specialized in topographical scenery, particularly of the... Read full biography
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (18 January 1733 – 14 April 1794) was an 18th-century Swiss landscape artist who worked in oils (until 1764), watercolours, and pen and ink media. Grimm specialized in documenting historical scenes and events; he also illustrated books such as Gilbert White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. Grimm was born in 1733 in Burgdorf, a town situated to the north-east of Bern in Switzerland. Initially Grimm aspired to be a poet and in 1762 published a volume of poems. Shortly before 1760 Grimm moved to Bern and studied under Johann Ludwig Aberli who had taken over a drawing school that had previously been run by his uncle Johann Rudolf Grimm. Aberli specialized in topographical scenery, particularly of the Swiss Alps and he also patented a technique using faint outline etching for the mass production of these views. Grimm supplied dra... Read full biography
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FOUR VIEWS OF SWITZERLAND: INCLUDING VIEW OF: THE GRIMSEL PASS WITH THE HANDECK WATERFALL; THE HASLITAL; THE SCHOLLENEN GORGE AND DEVIL'S BRIDGE, AND A BRIDGE WITH WATERFALLS IN THE HASLITAL (4)
