Karl Stauffer-Bern (1857 - 1891)

Karl Stauffer-Bern

Karl Stauffer-Bern was a Swiss-German artist of the second half of the nineteenth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, printmaker, sculptor and teacher.

Stauffer-Bern is considered one of the most famous German portrait painters of his time. He planned and partially realized the creation of a portrait gallery of famous contemporaries. In 1887, the artist received a state commission for a portrait of the writer Gustav Freitag for the Berlin National Gallery. The historical figure of the artist, who committed suicide, was used in his works by famous playwrights and composers.