Carlos Schneider

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Karl Heinrich "Carlos" Schneider (born July 19, 1889 in Rebstein , Canton St. Gallen , † May 19, 1932 ibid) was a Swiss painter.

Life

Winter landscape : oil painting (100 × 140 cm) from the 1920s

Carlos Schneider lost his mother at the age of seven. As a child, but also later, he was plagued by health problems. This repeatedly resulted in longer spa stays, which strongly influenced his life. It was during one of these phases that Schneider began to draw and paint. From 1916 to 1919 he attended painting schools in Lausanne and Geneva. At the beginning of 1920 he traveled to the French Riviera and then to Florence for further training. In 1921 he moved to Munich and studied with Josef Eberz at the Debschitz School .

His partner Barbara Augustin was very committed to Carlos Schneider. So she gave up a career as an actress. For a large number of pictures she sat as a model for him. In 1923 he founded his own studio in Munich.

In 1931 he returned to Rebstein for health reasons, where he died on May 19, 1932.

Schneider's work includes woodcuts, drawings, watercolors, gouaches and oil paintings. His motifs are landscapes, family, portraits and pictures with a religious background. The frequent subject of cacti is striking in his still lifes.

Its importance was only recognized in Switzerland when his friend Ernst Osterwalder (1899–1985) organized memorial exhibitions.

Exhibitions

  • July 24th - August 15th 1932: Carlos Schneider commemorative exhibition "German Association of Artists Die Juryfrei" in Munich
  • November 5-27, 1938: Carlos Schneider - Memorial exhibition at the Kunstverein St. Gallen in St. Gallen. 42 paintings and 62 watercolors, tempera and drawings
  • 17./18. and 24./25. March 1990: Carlos Schneider memorial exhibition, Rebstein SG in the Sonnental school building
  • August 14 - September 12, 2004: Lost Modernism in Eastern Switzerland Young St. Galler Art 1920–1940, in the St. Peterzell SG Provostry
  • November 26, 2015 - January 31, 2016: Galerie Palette / Peter Schönenberger in Zurich

literature

  • Rudolf Hanhart: The Weisstanner painter Carlos Schneider , in Terra plana, born in 1990, No. 2 Sommer, Verlag Terra plana, 8887 Mels, pp. 25-28
  • Beda Hüppi: The Swiss Expressionist Carlos Schneider 1889-1932 , in: Davoser Revue, vol. 65, no. 4, 1990, pp. 10-17.
  • Ernst Osterwalder: The painter Carlos Schneider , in: Rheintaler Almanach on the year 1956, Verlag Rheintalische Volkszeitung, Altstätten SG, pp. 88–99.
  • Ernst Osterwalder: The holy Sebastian (viewing the picture) , in: Rheintaler Almanach to the year 1956, Verlag Rheintalische Volkszeitung, Altstätten SG, p. 100-101.
  • Carlos Schneider. Catalog for the 1938 memorial exhibition, Kunstverein St. Gallen. Letterpress H. Tschudy & Co St. Gallen
  • Artist Lexicon of Switzerland XX. Century , Verlag Huber, Volume 2, p. 865, 1983 ISBN 3-7193-0144-3

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Rebstein , Canton of St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1932
Place of death Rebstein , Canton of St. Gallen