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1732 Buochs, Unterwalden, Switzerland - 1798. Known for: Portraits of notable persons, religious scene painting.
Johann Melchior Wyrsch was born on 21 Aug 1732 in Buochs, Unterwalden, Switzerland. He was the son of Balthazar Francis Xavier, counselor, police officer and diet of the messenger, and Anna Clara... Read full biography
Johann Melchior Wyrsch was born on 21 Aug 1732 in Buochs, Unterwalden, Switzerland. He was the son of Balthazar Francis Xavier, counselor, police officer and diet of the messenger, and Anna Clara Ackermann. Wyrsch began his artistic education 1745 as a portraitist with teachers Michael Suter in... Read full biography
Johann Melchior Wyrsch was born on 21 Aug 1732 in Buochs, Unterwalden, Switzerland. He was the son of Balthazar Francis Xavier, counselor, police officer and diet of the messenger, and Anna Clara Ackermann. Wyrsch began his artistic education 1745 as a portraitist with teachers Michael Suter in Lucerne and Franz Anton Kraus in Einsiedeln. Between 1753 and 1754 he undertook a study trip to Italy, where he mainly lived in Rome and Naples. After his art education in Italy, he returned to... Read full biography
Johann Melchior Wyrsch was born on 21 Aug 1732 in Buochs, Unterwalden, Switzerland. He was the son of Balthazar Francis Xavier, counselor, police officer and diet of the messenger, and Anna Clara Ackermann. Wyrsch began his artistic education 1745 as a portraitist with teachers Michael Suter in Lucerne and Franz Anton Kraus in Einsiedeln. Between 1753 and 1754 he undertook a study trip to Italy, where he mainly lived in Rome and Naples. After his art education in Italy, he returned to Switzerland and began his artistic career as a portrait and the painting of the Church. In 1768 he moved to Besancon, where he painted many portraits of distinguished people. Together with the sculptor Luc Breton, whom he met in Rome, they founded in 1773,... Read full biography
Johann Melchior Wyrsch was born on 21 Aug 1732 in Buochs, Unterwalden, Switzerland. He was the son of Balthazar Francis Xavier, counselor, police officer and diet of the messenger, and Anna Clara Ackermann. Wyrsch began his artistic education 1745 as a portraitist with teachers Michael Suter in Lucerne and Franz Anton Kraus in Einsiedeln. Between 1753 and 1754 he undertook a study trip to Italy, where he mainly lived in Rome and Naples. After his art education in Italy, he returned to Switzerland and began his artistic career as a portrait and the painting of the Church. In 1768 he moved to Besancon, where he painted many portraits of distinguished people. Together with the sculptor Luc Breton, whom he met in Rome, they founded in 1773, the Academy of Painting and Drawing School of the Museum of Fine Arts de Besançon. In 1877 he went to Paris and returned to Besançon... Read full biography
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Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Christian Religious Images: Saints, Angels, Nativity, Jesus
- •Portraits: Notables, Society, Celebrity, Historical and/or Royalty