Sigmund Freudenberger (1745-1801)

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Sigmund Freudenberger was a painter, engraver and etcher. With excellent knowledge of the works of the French painters François Boucher and Jean-Baptiste Greuze, he created numerous genre paintings and scenes from Bernese country life as well as portraits.

Source: https://recherche.sik-isea.ch/sik:person-4022894 [09.08.2023]

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born
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1745
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Apprenticeship with the portraitist Emanuel Handmann in Bern
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1761-1764
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Trip to Paris with Adrian Zingg
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1765
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Creation of the series "Scènes d'intérieur et de Mœurs"
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1768-1772
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Return to Bern
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1773
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Most important creative phase in Bern
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Freudenberger created numerous rural genre scenes, which he first executed in pen and ink, brush and watercolor and then transferred to etchings in a second step. In a final step, the latter were colored with watercolours.

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1775-1801
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died
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1801
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