Name Emanuel Witz | ||
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Died December 11, 1797, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | ||
Emanuel Witz (27 June 1717 – 11 December 1797) was a Swiss painter, born in Biel.
Witz was inspired by his brother (a sculptor) to apply himself to drawing. He subsequently received drawing lessons from Robert Huber in Bern. In 1738 he moved to Paris where he continued his education under instructions of the painter Louis Galloche. He made friends with Edme Bouchardon, Francois Boucher, Pierre-Jacques Cazes, Charles Joseph Natoire and Charles Andre van Loo. Afterwards he worked in Spain and Portugal as a portrait painter, historical painter and genre painter. Soon after his arrival he got into difficulties and returned to Biel in the 1760s.
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