Name Johann Bullinger | ||
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Died March 31, 1793, Zurich, Switzerland | ||
Johann Balthasar Bullinger (30 November 1713, Langnau am Albis – 31 March 1793, Zurich) was a Swiss landscape painter.
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Life
Bullinger was born in Langnau am Albis, the son of Heinrich Bullinger, a clergyman. He was a pupil of Johann Melchior Fussli and then of Johannes Simler, with whom he studied both painting and engraving. He then went to Venice, carrying a letter of introduction to Anton Maria Zanetti, who introduced him to Tiepolo, in whose studio he worked from 1732 until 1735. He first attempted historical painting, but then turned to landscapes, painting his first works in that genre in Steinbrugg in 1736. In 1737 he worked as a portraitist in Neuenburg. He spent the years between 1738 and 1741 in Amsterdam, where his work came under the influence of Dutch artists such as Both and Berchem. Bullinger also created the ceiling and wall paintings of the Zunfthaus zur Meisen, a guild house and present faience museum that was built at the Munsterhof plaza in Zurich in 1757.
He died at Zurich in 1793.
Etchings
He etched several plates in a free, painterly style; they include: