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Heinrich Bichler

Heinrich Bichler

Swiss artist (1466–1484)

Heinrich Bichler (also Hans Bichler, Heinrich Büchler or Hans Büchler; 1466–1497) was a Swiss painter.

Bichler was born in Bern, and later went on to be the instructor for the painter Hans Fries. In 1472 Bichler painted a portrait of Sulpitius the Pious for the Schloss Thorberg. He also completed a coat of arms for two gates leading to the city of Fribourg in 1478, and a scene portraying the Battle of Morat in 1480.

References

  • Paul Leonhard whole (1955), "Büchler (Bichler), Heinrich", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 719–719
  • Bichler, Heinrich in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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