Son of a distinguished legal scholar, Johann Caspar Bluntschli, A. F. "Fritz" Bluntschli commenced his architectural education in 1860 at the Zürich Polytechnikum (now ETH Zurich) under Gottfried Semper, and later (1864) attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the atelier of Charles-Auguste Questel.
Fritz Bluntschli, the son of a distinguished jurist, Johann Caspar Bluntschli, began his architectural studies in 1860 at the Zürich Polytechnikum (now ETH Zurich) under Gottfried Semper's supervision. He later (1864) continued his education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he worked with Charles-Auguste Questel.