Emanuel Witz (27 June 1717 – 11 December 1797) was a Swiss painter, born in

Biel Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...

. Witz was inspired by his brother (a sculptor) to apply himself to drawing. He subsequently received drawing lessons from

Johann Rudolf Huber Johann Rudolf Huber (21 April 1668 – 28 February 1748) was a Switzerland, Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and Albrecht von Haller . Biograph ...

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. In 1738, he moved to

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where he continued his education under instructions of the painter

Louis Galloche Louis Galloche (24 August 1670 – 21 July 1761) was a French painter. A student of Louis de Boullogne, his own students included François Lemoyne, Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher. Life He was born in Paris, the son of Charle ...

. He made friends with Edmé Bouchardon, François Boucher, Pierre-Jacques Cazes, Charles Joseph Natoire and Charles André van Loo. Afterwards he worked in Spain and Portugal as a portrait painter, historical painter and genre painter. Soon after his arrival, he got into difficulties and returned to

in the 1760s.

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Werke von Emanuel Witz in der Kunstsammlung Biel

Dictionnaire du Jura - Witz, Emmanuel
18th-century Swiss painters 18th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters 1717 births 1797 deaths People from Biel/Bienne {{Switzerland-painter-stub