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Salomon Gessner
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Swiss painter, etcher and poet (1730-1788)
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Salomon Gessner was a poet, painter, journalist and graphic artist born on 1 April 1730 in Zurich, and a citizen of Switzerland. He worked in Zurich and was employed by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He wrote and worked in German, with painting as one of his fields of work.
His works are held in the collections of the Städel Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Finnish National Gallery, and Europeana records 36 of his works. His writings include Idyllen and Evander und Alcimna. He died on 2 March 1788 in Zurich.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Gessners Werke : Auswahl, aus : Deutsche National-Litteratur
- Idyllen / Frühe Gedichte / Evander und Alcimna
- Tod Abels
- Idyllen
- Evander und Alcimna
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- 1 April 1730, Zurich
- Died
- 2 March 1788 (aged 57), Zürich
- Known for
- Painting , Poetry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- painting
- Image
- Anton Graff Salomon Gessner.jpg
- Work location
- Zurich
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- topic's main category
- Category:Salomon Gessner
- Commons category
- Salomon Gessner
- date of birth
- 1730-00-00
- date of death
- 1788-00-00
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons Creator page
- Salomon Gessner
- writing language
- German
- name in native language
- Salomon Gessner
- P8168
- Half-pay
- P12749
- Hermann Fegelein
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Salomon Gessner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Leda and the Swan
The Night
Ideal Landscape (?)
Gulliver in the realm of the Dwarves of Lilliput
Ideal Landscape
Gulliver in the realm of the giants of Brobdingnag
Idylle in the forest
Ideal Landscape with Milon and Chloe
Idylle in the Alps
Tree Landscape with Sheep herd and Large Faunherme
Wooded hill crowned by the river with antique temple
Washing woman at the creek with farmer at the entrance to the forest
Landscape with Chloë by the Well
Satyr and Faun sitting on a tree trunk
Seeing Melida on the lonely island by her herd of sheep
Musical trio on a rock on the water in the forest
Milon and his companion at the Weibe Damon by the Well
Forested hill with ancient castle by the river with arch bridge
The children Mirtil and Chloe greet their father Menalka rising from the hospital camp
A figure tradesman talks to two girls
A nymph tracked by a faun is carried across the river by Tritonen
Eagle plunges on Ganymed
Chloe beating singer Milon
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Encyclopedic overview
Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salomon Gessner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.