Artist

Heinrich Freudweiler

Allegorie auf den Tod einer jungen Gattin
Ludwig Hess im Gebirge zeichnend
Der Meisenzünfter Sidelenritt
Der Meisenzünfter Räbenspiel

Swiss, 1755–1795

Heinrich Freudweiler was a Swiss Biedermeier artist. 12 works are cataloged here, principally at Kunsthaus Zürich. Heinrich Freudweiler was born in Zurich.

Heinrich Freudweiler, a Swiss portrait and genre painter, was born at Zurich in 1755, and was first instructed by H. Wüst; he afterwards studied at the Academies at Düsseldorf and Mannheim, and visited Dresden and Berlin, where he became acquainted with Graf and Chodowiecky. In 1785 he returned to Zurich, and died in 1795. He painted several historical scenes relating to his country.

Works by Heinrich Freudweiler

Collections represented

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