Anna Füssli
Anna Füssli (16 September 1749 – 24 February 1772), sister of Henry Fuseli, was a Swiss painter of flowers and insects. She died at age 22.
Anna Füssli
Johann Caspar Füssli · Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Füssli, Anna (a) I, 1, 2 Pp A5 ( · Public domain
- Name
- Anna Füssli
- Born
- 16 September 1749
- Birthplace
- Zürich
- Died
- 24 February 1772
- Known for
- Flower and insect painting
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · artist
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Anna Füssli (16 September 1749 – 24 February 1772), sister of Henry Fuseli, was a Swiss painter of flowers and insects. She died at age 22.
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Anna Füssli (1749–1772) was an artist, illustrator and painter, of Swiss nationality. The artist was born and died in Zurich.
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• Name — Anna Füssli • Born — 16 September 1749 • Birthplace — Zürich • Died — 24 February 1772 • Place of death — Zürich • Known for — Flower and insect painting
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Anna Füssli was born in Zürich on 16 September 1749. Her parents were Johann Caspar Füssli and Anna Elisabeth, née Waser. Johann Heinrich, who later became known in England as Henry Fuseli, and Johann Kaspar Füssli were her brothers. Like her elder sister, Elisabeth Füssli (1744–1780), Anna studied with her father and became a painter, specializing in flower and insect paintings. Although her life was short and hardly any of her works are known today, contemporaries described her as an "excellent" artist. She died on 24 February 1772, aged 22.
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1749
Anna Füssli was born in 1749 at Zurich.
1772
Anna Füssli died in 1772 at Zurich.
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- 1."Füssli, Elizabeth". Dictionary of Women Artists.
- 2.SIKART 9791084 Anna Füssli
- 3."Füssli, Anna". Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
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