Gabriel Ludwig Lori I (1763 - 1840)
1763-06-21Bern, Switzerland1840-11-12Bern, SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Gabriel Ludwig Lori I
Gabriel Ludwig Lori the Elder was a Swiss landscape painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, printmaker and master of etching.
He was known in Bern for his albums of landscapes of Italian and central Switzerland. In 1797 he moved to Herisau, where he worked with his son, the painter Gabriel Laurie the Younger (1784-1846), on a series of views of Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1812, Laurie returned to Bern and co-founded the Bern Society of Artists.
Date and place of birt: | 21 june 1763, Bern, Switzerland |
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Date and place of death: | 12 november 1840, Bern, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Switzerland |
Period of activity: | XVIII, XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait |