Lukas Vischer (collector)

Lukas Vischer (1780-1840) was an amateur artist, traveler, and collector from Basel, Switzerland. During a nine-year residence in Mexico he assembled a notable collection of ancient Mexican sculptures and ceramics. Vischer's collection eventually formed a significant part of the holdings of the Museum of Cultures Basel. It has been called one of the best European collections of pre-Columbian or Mesoamerican artifacts.

Before settling in Mexico, Vischer traveled for several years in the United States and Canada, keeping a diary and sketchbook. His 1824 portraits of Creek Indians have been of particular interest to scholars. Selections from Vischer's diary, concerning visits to Washington, D.C.[1] and the Creek Indians,[2] have been translated into English.

References
  1. Feest, Christian F. (1976). "Lukas Vischer in the District of Columbia, 1825". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 49. pp. 78–110.
  2. Collins, Robert P. (October 2006). "A Swiss traveler in the Creek Nation: the diary of Lukas Vischer, March 1824". Alabama Review. 59 (4). pp. 243–84.
  • Anders, Ferdinand; Margarete Pfister-Burkhalter; Christian F. Feest (1967). Lukas Vischer (1780-1840), Künstler, Reisender, Sammler: Ein Beitrag zur Ethnographie der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika sowie zur Archäologie und Volkskunde Mexikos. Hanover: Kommissionsverlag Münstermann-Druck. OCLC 7070705.
  • Baer, Gerhard (1990). Altmexikanische Skulpturen der Sammlung Lukas Vischer, Museum für Völkerkunde Basel. Basel: Wepf. ISBN 3-85977-094-2.
  • Bankmann, Ulf; Gerhard Baer (1996). Ancient Mexican Ceramics from the Lukas Vischer Collection, Ethnographic Museum Basel. Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt. ISBN 3-7245-0909-X.


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