# Salomon Gessner

Swiss, 1730–1788

Gessner was a Zurich poet, painter and etcher whose prose Idylls, gentle pastoral scenes of shepherds and nymphs, were translated across Europe and made him one of the most widely read writers of his day. Largely self-taught as an artist, he illustrated his own books with delicate etchings and later painted landscapes in gouache. He also ran a publishing firm and served on Zurich’s city council.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Wooded Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wooded-landscape-with-a-nymph-and-a-satyr-nga-94132), Salomon Gessner, 1764. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [A Shepherd and a Young Woman With Their Feet in a Brook](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-shepherd-and-a-young-woman-with-their-feet-in-a-brook-nga-94133), Salomon Gessner, 1764. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [A Fisherman and Two Children in a Landscape with Thatched Cottages](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-fisherman-and-two-children-in-a-landscape-with-thatched-co-nga-94134), Salomon Gessner, 1764. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.