Artist

Gessner

Portrait of Gessner
Portrait of Gessner

Swiss, 1730–1788

Gessner was a Swiss Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Gessner was born in Zurich.

Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

Works by Gessner

Collections represented

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