Christian Stöcklin (1741 – 1795)
• Was a Swiss painter.
• Christian Stöcklin was born in Geneva.
• He received his initial training there as a painter before going to Bologna to study with the architect, painter, and theatrical designer Antonio Galli Bibiena.
• By 1759 Stöcklin was in Rome; between 1761 and 1764 he contributed to the architectural decoration of theaters in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg.
• The artist became a citizen of Frankfurt in 1766.
• In addition to various decorative and scenographic projects, he painted classical landscapes with ruins and architectural interiors—mostly churches.
• His works formed part of the permanent collections of the museums of Braunschweig; Brighton; Cambridge, England; Dessau; Dresden; Frankfurt; Koblenz; London; Mainz; Munich; Munster; Stuttgart, and Uppsala among others.
