Emanuel Witz

Johann Heinrich Lips, Portrait of Emanuel Witz, ca. 1790

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 Edmé Bouchardon, François Boucher, Pierre-Jacques Cazes, Charles Joseph Natoire and Charles André 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.

References

• This article was initially translated from German wikipedia

Bibliography

• Johann Kaspar Fuessli. Geschichte der besten Künstler in Schweitz, band 5 ["History of the best artists in Schweitz, volume 5"] (Orell, 1779)
• Friedrich Müller. Die Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, Band 3 ["Artists of all ages and nations", volume 3], (Stuttgart 1864).
• Georg Kaspar Nagler: Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, Band 22 ["New general lexicon of artists, volume 22] (München 1852)

External links

• "Witz, Emanuel". SIKART dictionary and database. 
• Werke von Emanuel Witz in der Kunstsammlung Biel
• Dictionnaire du Jura - Witz, Emmanuel