Johann Caspar Füssli was a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 portrait

Portrait

thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...

 painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

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He was born in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

 to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer.

He studied painting in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 between 1724 and 1731, and then became a portraitist in the courts of southern Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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In 1736, he returned to Zurich, where he painted the members of the Government and figures of the Enlightenment era

Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment was an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge. It promoted intellectual interchange and opposed intolerance and abuses in church and state...

 such as Johann Jakob Bodmer

Johann Jakob Bodmer

Johann Jakob Bodmer was a Swiss-German author, academic, critic and poet.-Life:Born at Greifensee, near Zürich, and first studying theology and then trying a commercial career, he finally found his vocation in letters...

 or Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a German poet.-Biography:Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer.Both in his birthplace and on the estate of Friedeburg on the Saale, which his father later rented, young Klopstock passed a happy childhood; and more attention having been given...

. He died in Zurich.

He married Elisabeth Waser, and they had the following children:

• Hans Rudolf Füssli
• Johann Heinrich Füssli
  Henry Fuseli
  Henry Fuseli was a British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, of Swiss origin.-Biography:...
  
   (Henry Fuseli), (3 December 1745 in Zurich – 26 December 1832 in Zurich), painter
• Johann Kaspar Füssli
  Johann Kaspar Füssli
  Johann Kaspar Füssli, also written Johann Caspar Fuesslins, was a Swiss painter, entomologist and publisher....
  
   (9 March 1743 in Zurich – 4 May 1786 in Winterthur), painter and entomologist
  Entomology
  Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
  
  

Publications

• Geschichte und Abbildung der besten Mahler in der Schweitz, (1754-1757), (Story And Illustration Of The Best Swiss Painters)
• Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz (1769-1779), (Story Of The Best Swiss Artists)

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