Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer (1766 - 1847)

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Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer

Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer was a Swiss and French painter, printmaker, caricaturist, and draftsman.

He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and painted landscapes and portraits. Later he became interested in plein air landscapes and excelled in this art. Töpffer is also known as a talented draughtsman and political cartoonist. His son Rudolf Töpffer also became a caricaturist.

Date and place of birt:20 may 1766, Geneva, Switzerland
Date and place of death:10 august 1847, Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality:France, Switzerland
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Cartoonist, Draftsman, Engraver, Painter
Art school / group:School of Paris
Genre:Caricature, Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Reportage
Art style:Academism, Romanticism

Creators France

Gabriel-François Doyen (1726 - 1806)
Gabriel-François Doyen
1726 - 1806
William Watts (1752 - 1851)
William Watts
1752 - 1851
Michel Sementzeff (1933 - 2019)
Michel Sementzeff
1933 - 2019
Louis-Gabriel Moreau (1740 - 1806)
Louis-Gabriel Moreau
1740 - 1806
Michel Jouenne (1933 - 2021)
Michel Jouenne
1933 - 2021
Jean Le Moal (1909 - 2007)
Jean Le Moal
1909 - 2007
Chafic Abboud (1926 - 2004)
Chafic Abboud
1926 - 2004
Marcel Gromaire (1892 - 1971)
Marcel Gromaire
1892 - 1971
Mikhail Fedorovich Andrienko-Nechytailo (1894 - 1982)
Mikhail Fedorovich Andrienko-Nechytailo
1894 - 1982
Andrei Vladimirovich Petroff (1894 - 1975)
Andrei Vladimirovich Petroff
1894 - 1975
Georges Vantongerloo (1886 - 1965)
Georges Vantongerloo
1886 - 1965
Pedro Flores Garcia (1897 - 1967)
Pedro Flores Garcia
1897 - 1967
Jean Balthasar de la Traverse (1752 - 1808)
Jean Balthasar de la Traverse
1752 - 1808
Daniel Drouin (1937)
Daniel Drouin
1937
Manuel Zorrilla de la Torre (1919 - 2015)
Manuel Zorrilla de la Torre
1919 - 2015
Michel Victor Acier (1736 - 1799)
Michel Victor Acier
1736 - 1799

Creators Academism

Christen Schiellerup Købke (1810 - 1848)
Christen Schiellerup Købke
1810 - 1848
Jean Baptiste Van Moer (1819 - 1884)
Jean Baptiste Van Moer
1819 - 1884
Bernhard Rode (1725 - 1797)
Bernhard Rode
1725 - 1797
Léon Cogniet (1794 - 1880)
Léon Cogniet
1794 - 1880
Henry John Stock (1853 - 1930)
Henry John Stock
1853 - 1930
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931)
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
1865 - 1931
Adolf Dressler (1833 - 1881)
Adolf Dressler
1833 - 1881
Aleksander Orłowski (1777 - 1832)
Aleksander Orłowski
1777 - 1832
Johann Velten (1807 - 1883)
Johann Velten
1807 - 1883
Heinrich Hiller (1846 - 1912)
Heinrich Hiller
1846 - 1912
Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)
Thomas Lawrence
1769 - 1830
Zygmunt Aydukevich (1861 - 1917)
Zygmunt Aydukevich
1861 - 1917
Daniel Thomas Egerton (1797 - 1842)
Daniel Thomas Egerton
1797 - 1842
Johann Ludwig Bleuler (1792 - 1850)
Johann Ludwig Bleuler
1792 - 1850
Louis Bosworth Hurt (1856 - 1929)
Louis Bosworth Hurt
1856 - 1929
Raphy Dallèves (1878 - 1940)
Raphy Dallèves
1878 - 1940