Anton Egloff

Anton Egloff (born July 11, 1933 in Wettingen , Canton Aargau ) is a Swiss sculptor . He has lived and worked in Lucerne since 1964 .

biography

From 1957 to 1959 Egloff trained in the sculpture class at the Lucerne School of Design. He then studied at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf (Prof. M. Sieler) until 1964, where he subsequently became an assistant. He had working contacts with Joseph Beuys and Gotthard Graubner .

From 1964 to 1990 Egloff was a teacher at the Lucerne School of Design. There he built up the Free Art Department , which he headed until 1990.

Various study visits took Egloff abroad. Among other things, he was in London in 1991 (studio stay for the Landis & Gyr cultural foundation, Zug) and in Prague in 2005 (studio stay for the Aargau Board of Trustees).

Work (selection)

As a sculptor and draftsman, Anton Egloff takes the concept of sculpture broadly: he basically leaves the autonomy of the work of art untouched and attaches great importance to the high aesthetic qualities of his sculptures and works on paper. But he also attaches great importance to the local, spiritual and social context in which his work is perceived.

Works in public and private collections

• Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
• Lucerne Art Museum
• Museum zu Allerheiligen , Schaffhausen
• Herbert Distel's Drawer Museum ( Kunsthaus Zürich )
• Peter Ludwig Collection , Aachen D
• Burgauer Collection, Zurich
• Theo Hotz Collection, Meilen
• Swiss Confederation
• Canton Zurich
• Canton lucerne

Artistic projects in public space

• 1963: Wettingen , triptych in bronze and fountain at EW
• 1990–1995: Rigiplatz Zug. 4 sculptural interventions A. Egloff with C. Perrin, F. Paolucci, A. Wolfensberger
• 1991: wayside shrine growth line on the Limmat Culture Trail
• 1992: WSL ETH Birmensdorf ZH, 3 sculptural locations
• 1994: CKW Rathausen LU, 2-part constellation
• 1995: Bakom Biel / Bienne, Hören Ost Südwest Nord , room constellation with 4 colored stone blocks and text lines in bronze
• 1996: Lucerne Cantonal Hospital: Installation in the atrium of the psychiatric clinic
• 1998: Sursee LU: Design of the town square at the “Obertor” with 2 bronze steles, each 6.40 m high, and 2 short bronze steles. Fountain design in the old town. Architects Hannes Ineichen and Peter Affentranger.
• 2000/2002: Expo 02 Murten: Unfit , Cabane parole, three-dimensional project.
• 2006 Lucerne, Lukaskirche: Livre Sculpture , Room of Silence

Prices (selection)

• 1961: Prize of the Poensgen Foundation Düsseldorf
• 1972: Recognition award from the city of Lucerne
• 1984: Art and Culture Prize of the City of Lucerne
• 1992/1996: Contributions from the Aargau Board of Trustees
• 1993: Honorary gift from the Jubilee Foundation of the Swiss Bank Corporation

Solo and group exhibitions (selection)

• Kunsthaus Glarus
• Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
• Lucerne Art Museum

Literature (selection)

• Anton Egloff, storefront. Edizioni Periferia, Lucerne 2012, ISBN 978-3-906016-02-3 .
• Anton Egloff, sub-sculpture, the plastic work. Edizioni Periferia, Luzern 2003, ISBN 3-907474-02-3 .
• Anton Egloff. Project projections. [Text:] Niklaus Oberholzer . Periferia, Poschiavo / Lucerne 1997.
• Anton Egloff: London Journal. Galleria Edizioni Periferia, Poschiavo / Lucerne [1992].
• Anton Egloff. Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1991. Texts: Niklaus Oberholzer, Martin Schwander. Lucerne 1991.
• Peter Jenny: Art in Public Space. The works of art by Anton Egloff at the Cantonal School in Glarus. Zurich [1987].
• Anton Egloff. Sculptures and drawings. [Text:] Niklaus Oberholzer. Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen 1986.
• Anton Egloff. Sculptures, objects and collages. [Text:] Peter F. Althaus. Galerie Raeber Lucerne 1970.

Web links

• Literature by and about Anton Egloff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Niklaus Oberholzer : Egloff, Anton. In: Sikart