Salomon Gessner

Swiss painter, etcher and poet (1730-1788)

1730 – 1788 ·

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Born: 1 April 1730, Zurich
Died: 2 March 1788, Zurich
Citizenship: Switzerland
Worked in: Zurich
Field of work: painting
Employer: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Religion: reformed
artist files at: Frick Art Research Library
child: Conrad Gessner
described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
family name: Gessner
father: Johann Conrad Gessner
given name: Salomon
has works in the collection: Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Finnish National Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Print Collection
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: German
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national: Zurich
name in native language: Salomon Gessner
sex or gender: male
spouse: Judith Gessner
topic's main category: Category:Salomon Gessner
writing language: German

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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.

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