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1827 Lucerne, Switzerland - 1909 Lucerne, Switzerland. Known for: Naturalistic landscape painting, bucolic scenes, teaching.
Robert Zünd (3 May 1826, Lucerne – 15 January 1909, Lucerne) was a Swiss landscape painter. Zünd came from a middle-class family. After attending high school in his home town, he was taught drawing... Read full biography
Robert Zünd (3 May 1826, Lucerne – 15 January 1909, Lucerne) was a Swiss landscape painter. Zünd came from a middle-class family. After attending high school in his home town, he was taught drawing and painting in the studios of Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866). In 1848, at the suggestion of Joseph... Read full biography
Robert Zünd (3 May 1826, Lucerne – 15 January 1909, Lucerne) was a Swiss landscape painter. Zünd came from a middle-class family. After attending high school in his home town, he was taught drawing and painting in the studios of Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866). In 1848, at the suggestion of Joseph Zelger (1812–1885), a landscape painter from Nidwalden, he moved to Geneva, where he was initially taught by François Diday then by Diday's student Alexandre Calame. In the spring of 1851, he met Rudolf... Read full biography
Robert Zünd (3 May 1826, Lucerne – 15 January 1909, Lucerne) was a Swiss landscape painter. Zünd came from a middle-class family. After attending high school in his home town, he was taught drawing and painting in the studios of Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866). In 1848, at the suggestion of Joseph Zelger (1812–1885), a landscape painter from Nidwalden, he moved to Geneva, where he was initially taught by François Diday then by Diday's student Alexandre Calame. In the spring of 1851, he met Rudolf Koller and they became good friends. After an unsuccessful attempt to create a local artists' association, they left Geneva. In 1852 Zünd traveled to Paris. At the Louvre, he studied the works of the Dutch and French masters of the 17th Century. His... Read full biography
Robert Zünd (3 May 1826, Lucerne – 15 January 1909, Lucerne) was a Swiss landscape painter. Zünd came from a middle-class family. After attending high school in his home town, he was taught drawing and painting in the studios of Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866). In 1848, at the suggestion of Joseph Zelger (1812–1885), a landscape painter from Nidwalden, he moved to Geneva, where he was initially taught by François Diday then by Diday's student Alexandre Calame. In the spring of 1851, he met Rudolf Koller and they became good friends. After an unsuccessful attempt to create a local artists' association, they left Geneva. In 1852 Zünd traveled to Paris. At the Louvre, he studied the works of the Dutch and French masters of the 17th Century. His first major work was The Harvest (1860), now in the Kunstmuseum Basel. That same year, he copied works by Claude Lorrain, Ruisdae... Read full biography
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Robert Zünd (3 May 1826, Lucerne – 15 January 1909, Lucerne) was a Swiss landscape painter. Zünd came from a middle-class family. After attending high school in his home town, he was taught drawing and painting in the studios of Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866). In 1848, at the suggestion of Joseph Zelger (1812–1885), a landscape painter from Nidwalden, he moved to Geneva, where he was initially taught by François Diday then by Diday's student Alexandre Calame.
In the spring of 1851, he met Rudolf Koller and they became good friends. After an unsuccessful attempt to create a local artists' association, they left Geneva.
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