Sigmund Freudenberger

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Sigmund Freudenberger, Portrait of Albrecht von Haller, 1773

Sigmund Freudenberger (16 June 1745 – 15 November 1801) was a Swiss painter.

Biography[]

Freudenberger was the son of a lawyer, and studied as a portraitist. He lived from 1765 to 1773 in Paris, where he worked with François Boucher. He then founded in a private art school in Bern and was known as "Little Master" for his genre-like depictions of rural life.

References[]

• Bloesch.: Freudenberger, Sigmund. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 7. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 355.
• Sigmund Freudenberger in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• This article was initially translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article

External links[]

• Media related to Sigmund Freudenberger at Wikimedia Commons
• Works by Sigmund Freudenberger at Project Gutenberg

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