Bruno Weber (artist, 1931)
Bruno Weber (born April 10, 1931 in Dietikon ; † October 24, 2011 in Spreitenbach ) was a Swiss artist and architect of fantastic realism . He created the Bruno Weber Park in Spreitenbach.
Life
Bruno Weber was born in Dietikon, Switzerland in 1931. 1947 graduated from Weber, the School of Applied Arts in Zurich under Johannes Itten , the founder of the theory of color . He then began training as a lithographer at Orell Füssli , also in Zurich, until 1949 . Study trips to Italy, Greece and Czechoslovakia followed later.
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From 1962 Weber constantly expanded his sculpture park, the Bruno Weber Park in Spreitenbach and Dietikon. There is also his house with a 25 m high tower. The park extends over an area of 20,000 m². The sculpture park is the total work of art and life's work of the artist, which is visited by thousands every year. After Bruno Weber had been in dispute with the authorities in Dietikon and Spreitenbach for years because of the illegally built house and the figures in the forest, a peaceful coexistence set in over time and in 1998 all buildings received the official blessing. An association was founded to signal the way up to the park with Weber columns. A Bruno Weber Foundation was set up so that work on the water garden, the heart of the park, could move forward.
From 1991 to 2003 Weber was responsible for the design of the square on the Uetliberg . Today the sculpture path still stands .
Bruno Weber worked in particular with the Zurich architect Justus Dahinden . Weber created sculptures for Dahinden's buildings, for example the original Tantris restaurant in Munich, the facade of the university library of the Technical University of Vienna and the bull house in Zurich-Witikon .
Before Weber discovered his passion for three-dimensional sculptures, he painted pictures for a good thirty years. On the basis of his pictures, in contrast to his sculptures, one can see a development that is based on Cézanne and Gubler . The latest pictures show him as a fantastic realist, with which he is most aptly characterized.
Entrance area
House pond
Water park house
Bull on pedestal
Fabulous animal, Restaurant Tantris in Munich
Owls on the facade of the TU library
Interior of the tower house
Bruno Weber in front of his tower house
literature
- Justus Dahinden et al. a .: Bruno Weber's fantastic world: on the harmony between fantasy and nature; the Weinrebenpark as a total work of art , Weitbrecht, Stuttgart / Vienna / Bern 1996, ISBN 3-522-72185-3 / ISBN 3-522-72155-1 .
- Alfred Schneider, Stefan Anderegg (photos): Reflections of life: Bruno Weber, paper cuts. Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-258-06801-5 .
- Peter K. Wehrli, Robert Elter (photos): The architect of his dreams / Bruno Weber . Benteli , Wabern BE 2002, ISBN 3-7165-1263-X .
- Stefan Howald: Bruno Weber. The artistic life's work , photos by HR Bramaz, foreword by Christine Egerszegi-Obrist, contribution by Franz Hohler , Hirmer, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7774-3521-3 .
- Milena Oehy : Bruno Weber. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 25, 2012 .
Documents
- 1982: Bruno Weber. A production by Saarland Radio / Television (12 minutes). Script and direction: Klaus Peter Dencker
- 1991: Faces of Switzerland by Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf a . a. Documentary film for the 700th anniversary celebration of the Swiss Confederation . Episode: Bruno Weber
Web links
- Official website of Bruno Weber - A world full of fantasy
- Entry by Bruno Weber in labyrinthe with extensive bibliographical information
- Milena Oehy: Weber, Bruno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Bruno Weber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by and about Bruno Weber (artist, 1931) in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Creating an imaginative world - Zurich artist Bruno Weber died at the age of 80 , obituary in the NZZ on October 25, 2011
- A counter-world in the middle of the agglomeration - inauguration of the water garden in Bruno Weber's sculpture park in the Limmat Valley Article in the NZZ on May 30, 2012
- The Bruno Weber Park in Spreitenbach is closing its doors. Press release, Spreitenbach, 22 August 2014
- 700 visitors to the reopened Bruno Weber Park Report April 6, 2015.
- Corinne Sotzek: Weber, Bruno. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tages-Anzeiger October 25, 2011, p. 21
- ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 5, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dietikon |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 2011 |
| Place of death | Spreitenbach |