August Wanner

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August Wanner (born February 21, 1886 in Basel , † July 21, 1970 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist and sculptor .

Life

Wanner was born in Basel as the fourth of six children. After training as a flat painter and decorative painter, he attended the arts and crafts school with Albert Wagen and Fritz Schider from 1903 to 1906 . He then worked at Carl Schneider in St. Gallen. In 1908 he wandered through the Netherlands for a year and then worked as a church painter until 1911. In 1911 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he studied with Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl and Franz von Stuck until 1915 . From 1916 to 1925 he was a teacher at the trade school in St. Gallen. Then he worked as a freelance artist.

Wanner created stained glass , sand pictures and sculptures with a religious content.

Exhibitions

literature

  • Wanner, August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 154 .
  • Wanner, August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 79 .
  • Anton Blöchlinger, Paul Hilber: August Wanner. A monograph. NZN-Verlag, Zurich 1947.
  • August Wanner 1886-1970. Memorial exhibition. Historical Museum St. Gallen, St. Gallen 1973.
  • Isabella Studer-Geisser, Daniel Studer: Sankt-Gallen Art Nouveau. Historical and Völkerkundemuseum, St. Gallen 2004, ISBN 3-9520597-3-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 04014 August Wanner . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 3: 1884-1820 ( matrikel.adbk.de , digitale-sammlungen.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Wanner, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1970
Place of death St. Gallen