Sigmund Freudenberger

Sigmund Freudenberger, Portrait of Albrecht von Haller, 1773

Sigmund Freudenberger (16 June 1745 – 15 November 1801) was a Swiss painter.

Biography

Freudenberger was the son of a lawyer, and studied as a portraitist. He lived from 1765 to 1773 in Paris, where he worked with François Boucher. He then founded in a private art school in Bern and was known as "Little Master" for his genre-like depictions of rural life.

References

Bloesch.: Freudenberger, Sigmund. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 7. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 355.
Sigmund Freudenberger in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

This article was initially translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article

External links

Media related to Sigmund Freudenberger at Wikimedia Commons
Works by Sigmund Freudenberger at Project Gutenberg

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 35361621 LCCN: n88615335 ISNI: 0000 0001 0799 0228 GND: 123345537 SUDOC: 150874731 BNF: cb149534960 (data) ULAN: 500003560 HDS: 22016 SIKART: 4022894 RKD: 29414

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