Hans Loretan
Hans Loretan (born May 21, 1920 in Brig ; † April 13, 2008 in Brig) was a Swiss sculptor whose sacred works helped shape modern Catholic church building in Valais .
life and work
Hans Loretan grew up in modest circumstances in Upper Valais. His contact with the painter Ludwig Werlen (1884–1928), with whom his father was friends, was formative for him. After completing his apprenticeship as a carpenter in Brig, Hans Loretan began his studies at the Lucerne School of Applied Arts in 1941 . In 1947 he moved to the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, where in 1948 he won the competition for a sculpture for the 200th anniversary of the art academy. In 1949 he was accepted into Fritz Wotruba's master class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
From 1950 Hans Loretan began his work in Brig in the Fernanda vom Stockalperhaus. The architect Amédée Cachin and the painter Alfred Grünwald worked a little later in the same house, which gave the opportunity to collaborate on a specific basis.
As a drawing teacher, he taught at the secondary school in Visp , at the teachers ' college in Sion and for thirty years at the college in Brig. In 1958 he married Esther Guntern, the couple had five children.
Loretan's work was honored with the art prizes of the Upper Valais Rottenbund in 1971, the State of Valais in 1986 and the municipality of Brig-Glis in 2001.
Rosa mystica, stained glass window
Variant III of the Cardinal Schiner Monument in Ernen
Madonna and Child
Sitter
Works in public space (selection)
- 1962: Crucifix, bronze, Gampel parish church
- 1963: Last Judgment, Stein, Brig cemetery
- 1966: Choir design, Jeizinen Church
- 1968: Cardinal Matthäus Schiner monument, bronze, Ernen
- 1970: Choir design, parish church, Brig
- 1972–1974: concrete relief, Metropol Brig house
- 1974: Crucifix, bronze, Brig parish church
- 1976: Ziegenbrunnen, Burgschaft Brig
- 1982: Way of the Cross, bronze, Visp retirement home
- 1983: Way of the Cross, forged iron, Gondo parish church
- 1984: Stained glass window, Visp Reformed Church
- 1984: Workers' Monument, bronze, Mattmark
- 1986: Angel of Justice , bronze, Sion Justice Building
- 1986: Way of the Cross, bronze, Conthey parish church
- 1988: Fountain figure «St. Martin and the beggar », bronze, Visp
- 1985–1988: Fountain figure “Angel of Bethesda”, bronze, Leukerbad
- 1982–1990: Way of the Cross and choir design, bronze, Church of the Holy Spirit (Zurich-Höngg)
- 1989–1990: Concrete relief (3rd extension), Metropol Brig house
- 1991: Choir design, stone, Leukerbad parish church
- 1992: Iron cross, Bortel power station
- 1985–1992: Way of the Cross, bronze, Brig parish church
- 1994: "Emigrant" fountain figure, bronze, Niederwald
- 1995: Sculpture, "Madonna with Child", bronze, Saas-Fee
- 1996: High relief "Madonna with Child", bronze, Clinique Sainte-Claire Siders
- 1994–1998: 10 reliefs, “Biblical themes from the life of Jesus”, bronze, Bürchen / Turtig- Raron
- 2000–2001: Portrait of Caesar Ritz, bronze, ICHA Brig
- 1999–2002: 15 stone steles with bronze relief «Secrets of the Rosary», Simplon village
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1981: Galerie zur Matze, Brig
- 1987: Galerie Perrig, Basel
- 1988: Schützenlaube Visp
- 1990: Musée Le Chable Bagnes
- 1991: «Swiss Small Sculpture» (GSMBA), Galerie zur Matze Brig, Schützenlaube Visp
- 1998: GSMBA, Galerie zur Matze Brig, Schützenlaube Visp
- 1999: GSMBA, Leuk Bishop's Castle
- 2000: Gallery to Matze Brig
- 2003: "25 Years of the Oberwallis Art Association", Galerie zur Matze Brig
- 2005: visarte, Metropol Zurich
- 2010: "Hans Loretan studio exhibition", Fernanda von Stockalperhaus Brig
- 2018: "Hans Loretan - Plasters and Bronzes", Galerie zur Matze Brig
literature
- Hans Loretan. Rotten Verlag, Brig 1982.
Web links
- Markus Schürpf: Loretan, Hans. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes Loretan, Glis.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loretan, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2008 |
| Place of death | Brig |