Albrecht Kauw

Place: Strasbourg

Born: 1621

Death: 1681

Biography:

Albrecht Kauw was a Swiss still-life painter, cartographer and a painter of vedute. He was born in Strasbourg in 1621 and moved to Bern in 1640. He painted a large number of works for public buildings and for various chateaux. Kauw primarily painted still lifes and landscapes. He trained his son Albrecht Kauw the Younger to also be a painter. He died in Bern in 1681.