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Gottfried Locher

Swiss, 1735-1795
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Gottfried Locher was a Swiss draughtsman, etcher, painter and fresco artist of Swabian origin. Locher, who is sometimes classified among the Swiss minor masters, is considered to be the most important artist in French-speaking Switzerland at the transition from Rococo to Classicism, with his wide-ranging work.

Gottfried Locher was born in Mengen in 1735, the son of the local painter Wunibald Locher. His first artistic training was provided by his father, who had a modest reputation. Johann Georg Vollmar and Franz Anton Rebsamen are also possible teachers in Swabia. In 1755, Gottfried Locher fled from conscription into the military to Freiburg i. Üe., where he was able to establish himself permanently after his admission to the local citizenship in 1759.

Gottfried Locher initially worked in the studio of his fellow countryman Franz Josef Sautter. He was accepted into the Fribourg St. Luke's Brotherhood in 1759. Until his death, he worked as a draftsman, etcher, portrait, altarpiece and church painter. He decorated churches, secular buildings and, as court painter to his excellencies, also Fribourg government buildings with frescoes. He painted the ceiling of the Fribourg Grand Council Hall in 1776 with the Chariot of the Republic.

In collaboration with Christian von Mechel, he is considered the inventor and pioneer of Swiss costume depictions. His watercolor etchings Les trois Graces and Les trois Bachus were a great success in 1775. In 1774, he drew the templates for Mechel's copperplate engravings of the Swiss naturopath Michael Schüppach, his wife Marie Flückinger and the Langnau hospital complex. Johann Kaspar Lavater adopted the portrait of Michael Schüppach in his Physiognomic Fragments. Despite his outstanding achievements as a portrait painter, Locher was not part of Lavater's inner circle of artists.

Gottfried Locher died in Fribourg in 1795. He had 17 children with his wife Marie-Françoise Rotzer. Their sons François (1765–1799) and Jean-Emmanuel (1769–1840) also became painters after training and working in their father's studio.

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Paysanne Allemande du Canton de Fribourg

Paysanne Allemande du Canton de Fribourg

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Zwei Berner Milchmädchen

Zwei Berner Milchmädchen

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Paisans Suisses du Bailliage de Morat

Paisans Suisses du Bailliage de Morat (1774)

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Paisan du Canton de Berne

Paisan du Canton de Berne

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Marchande D’oignons du Canton de Soleure

Marchande D’oignons du Canton de Soleure

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Les trois Graces de Gougisberg

Les trois Graces de Gougisberg

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Les trois Bachus

Les trois Bachus (1774)

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Le Laitier Bernois

Le Laitier Bernois (1774)

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Fabrique aux Oeufs

Fabrique aux Oeufs

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Die Guggisberger Wahrsagerin

Die Guggisberger Wahrsagerin

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Bacchus de Morat

Bacchus de Morat

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Vacher Allemand du Canton de Fribourg

Vacher Allemand du Canton de Fribourg

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Paysanne du Canton de Lucerne

Paysanne du Canton de Lucerne

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Paisanne du Canton de Berne

Paisanne du Canton de Berne

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Kinder als Bänkelsänger

Kinder als Bänkelsänger

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Ruhende Bauernkinder

Ruhende Bauernkinder

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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Spielende Kinder

Spielende Kinder

Gottfried Locher (Swiss, 1735-1795)
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