Johann Conrad Zeller

He was born to Heinrich Zeller, a silk manufacturer, and his wife Maria née Füssli, the daughter of a prominent politician.

[2] When he completed his training, his father gave him the position of accountant, but he continued to paint in his free time..

Finally, in 1832, he asked his father if he could give up his position and devote himself to painting full time.

He was accompanied by the architect Heinrich Keller [fr], who introduced him to other German-speaking artists living there.

In 1851, on the 300th anniversary of Zürich's accession into the Swiss Confederacy, he joined Ludwig Vogel, David Eduard Steiner and Hans Jakob Oeri to decorate the festival hut.