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Alfred Hofkunst (born December 30, 1942 in Vienna ; † July 17, 2004 in Montet-sur- Cudrefin ) was an Austrian - Swiss graphic artist , set designer and painter .

Life

Alfred Hofkunst was born in Vienna in 1942. In 1948 his family moved to Zurich, where he began an apprenticeship as a typesetter in 1958/1959 and from 1959 to 1963 an apprenticeship as a stage painter at the Zurich City Theater . In 1960 court art acquired Austrian citizenship in addition to his Swiss. His marriage to Claire Hofkunst-Guillet in 1963 gave birth to their three children: Rahel, Lukas and Esther. From 1963 he worked for two years as a set designer at the Stadttheater Bern . From 1965 Alfred Hofkunst worked independently and from 1966 exclusively as a draftsman. Every year he presented his works in solo and group exhibitions and received several awards and grants. In 1970 he moved to Montet-sur-Cudrefin (VD). He lived there from 1975 with his later second wife Sabine Hofkunst-Schroer, a trained scientific illustrator. 1981 son Philip is born. In 1977 they moved to Missy VD and from 1981 they had a second home in the south of France. Hofkunst also had a studio in Marseille from 1980 to 1983 and from then on in Missy. His studios also served to cultivate his friendships with artist friends such as Jean Tinguely and Bernhard Luginbühl . Friends and illustrious guests were invited to happenings for the vernissage of his work “Hommage à Marseille” in the Basel train station buffet as well as on other occasions. Alfred Hofkunst died after an illness at the age of 61 in Montet-sur-Cudrefin.

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Realistic drawings, the precise representation of details in deceptive views, were court art forms of expression. With fine lines of drawings, sometimes on large-format surfaces, he translated in a humorously ironic way, a different view of the picture content. A full-size image of his studio ceiling and walls as a drawn installation was first exhibited on August 25, 1972 in the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum Eindhoven and was also shown at documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 . The study of Lake Neuchâtel, in which he recorded 30 large-format color drawings with light reflections from the lake surface over the seasons, was shown in 1980 at the Kunsthaus Aarau. Court art caused a worldwide sensation with the Swatch “vegetable clocks” “Gu (h) rke”, “Verdu (h) ra” and “Bonju (h) r”. The exhibition "Hundred for Jean", first shown in Lausanne in 1988, was also on view in 2002 at the Museum of Art and History in Freiburg. Niki de Saint-Phalle , the Tinguely partner, had given the works to the canton of Friborg. Works by Alfred Hofkunst are represented in many collections and museums in Switzerland and other countries, for example in: Aargauer Kunsthaus , Aarau; Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts , Lausanne; Kunstmuseum Winterthur ; State Gallery of Stuttgart graphic collection ; Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam.

Awards

  • 1963, 1968, 1969: Federal Art Scholarship
  • 1968: Scholarship from the Kiefer Hablützel Foundation, Lucerne
  • 1971: 1st prize at the "Xe Biennale de Sao Paulo"
  • 1972: Grand Prize at the "Bianco e Nero" graphics exhibition in Lugano

Exhibitions

  • 1964: Solo exhibition at Galerie Auriga, Zurich
  • 1966: "Fantastic Art and Surrealism", Kunsthalle Bern
  • 1968: Solo exhibition at Galerie Schindler, Bern
  • 1969: "22 young Swiss" Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; «Young Swiss Graphics», traveling exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern; "Fantastic Figuration", Helmhaus, Zurich; Graphics Biennale, Ljubljana
  • 1970: Solo exhibitions at Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, Galerie Handschin, Basel and Galerie 57, Biel; «3. International of Drawing », Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt; "10 Bernese Artists", Kunstmuseum Olten * 1971: Wall painting in Flaach
  • 1972: Solo exhibition “Das Atelier”, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Solo exhibitions in the galleries next St. Stephan, Vienna; at the Taxispalast, Innsbruck; Krebs, Bern; “14 × 14”, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; “Swiss Drawing in the 20th Century”, State Collection of Graphics, Munich; Kunstmuseum Winterthur; Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva; State Museum Bonn; "Relativizing Realism", Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; “Magical Realism”, Ulmer Museum, Ulm; "L'Internationale Graphica Bianco e Nero", Lugano; «Biennale de la Gravure», Krakow; “31 artistes suisses contemporains”, Galeries nationale du Grand-Palais, Paris; "Artistes suisses contemporains", Tel Aviv
  • 1973: Solo exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur and Hamburger Kunsthalle; «Das Atelier», Haus der Kunst, Munich; Galerie Stangl, Munich; Galerie Fagl, Amsterdam; «Art according to reality», Kunstverein Hannover; “New Realism in Switzerland”, Kunstverein St. Gallen; “Hyperréalisme”, Isy Brachot Gallery, Brussels
  • 1974: Solo exhibition at Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich; “Ars 74”, Ateneum Museum, Helsinki; “Hyperréalistes américains, réalistes européens”, CNAC, Paris; Rotonda di via Besana, Milan; Ripartizione Cultura; Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
  • 1975: Solo exhibitions in the Kestner Society, Hanover and in the Jan Krugier Gallery, Geneva; "Realism + Reality", Kunsthalle Darmstadt
  • 1976: Solo exhibitions in the Musée Cantini, Marseille and in the Galerie Krebs, Bern; “The Atelier”, Pro Helvetia, Paris; «Schuhwerke», Kunsthalle Nürnberg; Group exhibitions including “Drawings by 10 Swiss Artists”, Kunsthaus Zürich and “Aspects of Realism”, traveling exhibition in Canada and England; «Graphic Biennale», Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
  • 1977: Solo exhibition in Meier's Gallery of modern art, Zurich; «Das Atelier», documenta 6 , Kassel and in the Louvre, Paris
  • 1978: Solo exhibition at Imhof Fridays Gallery, Solothurn; Participation in the «hammer exhibition», Basel; «Kunstszene Zürich» Künstlerhaus am Karlsplatz, Vienna
  • 1979: Solo exhibition at the Krugier Gallery at Art 10, Basel; «Masters of drawing: Beuys, Hockney, Hofkunst, Quintanilla» Kunsthalle Nürnberg; Begijnhof, Hasselt; Biennale of Sydney; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Cabinet des Estampes, Paris; "Art contemporain suisse", Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne ; “Artistes suisses du Midi”, Vieille Charité, Marseille; “Bernese art from the minor masters to the present day”, Kunstmuseum Bern
  • 1980: Solo exhibition “Lac de Neuchâtel” Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau with Nikolaus Lang and Sabine Schroer; “Espaces, Artisti visivi svizzeri” in the Rotonda di via Besana, Milan
  • 1981: Solo exhibition: Galerie Deweer, Belgium; Participation in the «Hammerausstellung», Basel and in the exhibition «Assoziationen zu Blau», Gimpel & Hanover, ZH.
  • 1982: “Hommage à Marseille”, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne; Pauli Gallery, Lausanne; “Swiss Drawings 1970–1980”, Pro Helvetia touring exhibition: Musée Rath, Geneva; Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv; Art Gallery, Athens; Ulmer Museum, Ulm; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Musée de la Ville de Toulon; Bündner Museum, Chur; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
  • 1983: Solo exhibition “Hommage à Marseille”, New Gallery of the City of Linz; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Musée Cantini, Marseille; Galerie Deweer, Belgium; Littmann Gallery, Basel; Galerie Krebs, Bern; «Drawings from all over the world», Krakow Palace of Culture
  • 1984: Solo exhibitions “Annual cycle of 6 exhibitions”, Galerie Krebs, Bern
  • 1985: Solo exhibition "Shoes" shoe store Andy Jllien, Zurich; Graphics Biennale, Baden-Baden; “Things of Man”, Recklinghausen Municipal Art Gallery
  • 1986: Solo exhibition "Figures, drawings on paper and stone" Galerie Andy Jllien, Zurich
  • 1987: Solo exhibitions: Fondation Verannemann, Krouishoutem, Belgium; "Figures, drawings on paper and stone", Kunsthalle Nürnberg; Museum Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
  • 1988: Solo exhibitions: "Figures, drawings on paper and stone", Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Friborg; "Garbage Body", Kornfeld Gallery, Bern; "Cent pour Jean", Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne; Participation in the graphic biennials in Tokyo and Taiwan
  • 1989: Solo exhibitions “Famille Cimentière”, Holderbank; Imhof Friday Gallery, Solothurn
  • 1990: «Galerie Eins zu Eins», magazine of the Basler newspaper. Several magazines designed by Hofkunst were created for the BAZ
  • 1991: one more time, Gur (h) ke, Bonju (h) r, Verdu (h) ra , «Swatchtables», Mantua, Zurich, Bern, Basel, Lugano, Neuchâtel, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Pamplona, ​​New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Newport, Dallas, Washington, San Francisco, Seattle
  • 1992: Solo exhibition at Mangisch Gallery, Zurich
  • 1993: Solo exhibition Galerie Krebs, Bern; "50 pictures", Ferrari and Mercedes Garage, W. Hasler, Frick
  • 1994: Solo exhibitions “Book to Look”, Kongresshaus, Zurich, Mangisch Gallery, Zurich
  • 1995. Solo exhibition “Book to Look”, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
  • 1995/96: Solo exhibitions, Galerie Littmann, Public Library, Boston, Galerie Artefides, Lucerne
  • 1996: solo exhibitions. Victorian Art Center, Melbourne, Galerie Littmann, Basel; “Alles Paletti”, Mangisch Gallery, Zurich
  • 1997: Exhibition in Atelier Missy, "Advent Calendar" on display at Galerie Mangisch, Zurich
  • 1998: "The Swiss Drawing in the 20th Century", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Rupertinum Salzburg,
  • 1999: Solo exhibition "Sandbilder, Actes en sables, Plages sauvages", Mangisch Gallery, Zurich; “From the line to the drawing”, Museum Linz; “City-Fly”, smart Center, Bern
  • 2000: Solo exhibitions “Retrospective” and “Drawn Sand”, Artraktion Gallery, Bern
  • 2002: Solo exhibition "Cent pour Jean, court art c'est moi?", MAHF Friborg
  • 2004: Last exhibition together with Sabine at the Hotel de l'Ours, Sugiez
  • 2007: Homage “The Alfred Hofkunst”, Museum Tinguely, Basel
  • 2010: Alfred and Sabine Hofkunst, gallery of the Multengut senior citizens' residence, Muri BE

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of Sabina Hofkunst
  2. ^ Peter K. Wehrli: «Das Atelier» on youtube
  3. ↑ Silvia Ihring: “The cucumber watch for the wrist” on: welt.de
  4. ↑ Hommage Museum Tinguely, Basel ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Peter Steiger: Report in Berner Zeitung
personal data
SURNAME Court art, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Swiss graphic artist, set designer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna Austria
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 2004
Place of death Montet-sur- Cudrefin Switzerland