Johann Heinrich Mezger
Born in 1845.
Died in 1891.
Johann Heinrich Mezger was a versatile artist who worked as a painter, lithographer and engraver. He studied under Rudolf Koller in Zurich and continued his studies in Karlsruhe and Paris. His professional career took him to Geneva, where he worked as a scientific draughtsman and drawing teacher.
There he also founded a lithographic workshop, thereby contributing to the dissemination of this artistic technique in the region.