Johann Heinrich Bleuler I (1758 - 1823)

Johann Heinrich Bleuler I

Johann Heinrich Bleuler the Elder was a Swiss landscape painter and engraver.

Bleuler the Elder first trained as a porcelain painter at the Kilchberg-Schooren porcelain manufactory near Zurich. In the early 1780s he settled in Feuertalen and became the founder of the dynasty of artists that is known as the "Bleulerische Malschule". His two sons, Johann Heinrich Bleuler the Younger (1787-1857) and Johann Ludwig Bleuler (1792-1850), also became artists and continued their father's work. And in total, there were up to 25 artists in the dynasty, including godchildren and other relatives.

Bleuler the Elder created mainly landscapes of the Rhine, painted in gouache and watercolor, panoramic views of Swiss cities. He also worked as an art teacher.