Alexis Schwarzenbach
Alexis Schwarzenbach (* 1971 in Zurich ) is a Swiss historian , curator and author .
Life
Alexis Schwarzenbach completed the Matura Type A at the Freie Gymnasium Zürich in 1990 and studied "Modern History" at Balliol College at Oxford University from 1991 , which he left in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts . He then studied at the History and Civilization Department of the European University Institute in Florence, where he received his doctorate in 1997. From 1998 to 2000 he worked as a lecturer at Scalo Verlag, from 2000 to 2004 as a research fellow in Oxford, Rome and Essen. From 2004 to 2009 he worked as a freelance writer and curator. From 2009 to 2011, Schwarzenbach was employed as a curator at the Swiss National Museum . He has been a lecturer since 2012 and professor at the Lucerne School of Art and Design since 2015 .
He is best known for the accompanying volume Auf der Schwelle des Fremde to the exhibition “A woman to see”, which he curated in 2008 for the 100th birthday of his great-aunt Annemarie Schwarzenbach at the Strauhof Museum in Zurich. In 2011 he curated the exhibition “ WWF . A biography »in the National Museum Zurich .
Schwarzenbach researches the cultural history of modernism with a focus on design and corporate history .
Works
Authorship
- Emil Schulthess : Photographs 1950–1990. Limmat, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-85791-709-7 .
- Royal dreams. A cultural history of the monarchy from 1789 to 1997. Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-89910-459-2 .
- WWF - The Biography. Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-89910-491-2 .
- On the threshold of the stranger. The life of Annemarie Schwarzenbach . Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89910-368-7 .
- The spurned genius. Albert Einstein and Switzerland. DVA, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-421-05853-9 .
- “The Born” - Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille and her family. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-85881-161-0 .
Editing
- Annemarie Schwarzenbach: To see a woman. Kein & Aber, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03-695523-0 (first print from the estate).
- Declarations of love by a traveler, features by Annemarie Schwarzenbach, 1933–1942. Kein & Aber, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-03691192-8 (audio book read by Bibiana Beglau ).
- Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille : Pictures with legends. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-85881-169-6 (photo book).
- With Jeff Rosenheim: Unclassified: A Walker Evans Anthology. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York & Scalo, Zurich, ISBN 3-908247-21-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexis Schwarzenbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Alexis Schwarzenbach
- Alexis Schwarzenbach on the website of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwarzenbach, Alexis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian, curator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |