Konstantin Guise
Swiss, 1811-1858
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Konstantin Guise was a Swiss watercolorist , theater and decoration painter and lithographer.
Konstantin Guise was born the son of a French theater painter who was brought to Kassel by the King of Westphalia, Jérôme Bonaparte, and employed in the local theater. He became a student of Justus Krauskopf. At the age of 16 he worked as a decorative painter in the court theater.
In 1831 he moved to Karlsruhe, in 1833 he settled in Basel, where he worked for the Hasler & Co. lithography company. Around 1839 he created decorations for the Lucerne City Theater. In addition to the theater decorations, he created numerous watercolors with cityscapes, which later appeared in the form of lithographs. He also painted historical events from Swiss history.
