Dolores Wintersberger-Wyss

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Dolores Helena Wintersberger-Wyss (born February 6, 1946 in Zurich ; † October 6, 2005 in Walbourg ) was a French-Swiss artist .

Life

Dolores Wintersberger-Wyss was born as the first child of the Swiss engineer Walter Wyss and Dora Ida Ernst, a tailor for haute couture. She spent part of her youth in Catholic boarding schools in Lucerne and western Switzerland. She had a brother and two sisters.

After finishing school, she moved to Lucerne and became the friend of the graphic designer and artist Joseph Ebinger , with whom she remained closely connected throughout her life. She started working as an artist and photographer. In Lucerne she met Joseph Beuys , where she began a six-semester course at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1968 as a master class student . In Düsseldorf she met Mario Merz , with whom she had a long-term relationship. She lived with the sculptor Inge Mahn on Kirchstrasse in Düsseldorf.

After graduating, she received a scholarship from the city of Zurich to work in a studio in Ticino. At her exhibition at Max Hetzler's in Stuttgart, she met the painter Lambert Maria Wintersberger in 1981 , whom she married in 1986.

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Her areas of work were photography, video art, performances, painting and texts. She made action art and was part of the Fluxus movement. For them, life and art were one. Her work was strongly influenced by Pop Art. Flying was an important topic for her. The feather motif ran through all media with which she worked. But also the music - above all the opera - inspired Dolores Wintersberger-Wyss for artistic engagement. This included the parody of Salome and the installation with a pink neon tube and violin, which the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart bought. "Your work is remarkably independent from the start."

Exhibitions

  • 1966: Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
  • 1969: Col-Art-painting Zurich-Biel-Bienne, Milano
  • 1969: Col-Art-painting Basel
  • 1970: University of Basel - "Pro Domo"
  • 1971: Cologne Art Fair, Cologne Neumarkt
  • 1972: New York, street performance
  • 1973: Lucerne Art Museum
  • 1973: Tell 73, Helmhaus Zurich
  • 1974: Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1975: Galerie am Mühleplatz, Lucerne
  • 1975: Lucio Amelio Gallery, Naples
  • 1976: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
  • 1977: Galerie Arno Kohnen, Düsseldorf
  • 1979: Gallery Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf
  • 1980: Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
  • 1980: Folkwang Museum, Essen
  • 1981: Gallery Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf
  • 1981: Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
  • 1983: Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
  • 1983: New National Gallery, Berlin
  • 1985: New State Gallery, Stuttgart
  • 2003: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
  • 2006: State Gallery Stuttgart, Stuttgart
  • 2016–2017: Galerie Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf

Collections

literature

  • Marc Kuhn: Experience with coordinated collective art in Munich. In: Journal DU: Die Zeitschrift der Kultur , Volume 30, Year 1970, Issue 12, p. 966ff.
  • Johannes Lenhart, Max Hetzler, Rebecca Horn et al. Mario Merz (Author): ALLIANZ. Art news of Schwabstrasse 2, Galerie Dr. Schurr - Max Hetzler Gallery , 1980.
  • Johannes Stüttgen : simila similibus. Joseph Beuys on his 60th birthday. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-7701-1344-6 .
  • Gudrun Inboden : Young Art from West Germany '81. Max-Ulrich Hetzler, 1981.
  • Rolf H. Krauss: Art with Photography. The Dr. Rolf H. Krauss. Frölich & Kaufmann, 1983, ISBN 3-88725-003-6 , p. 274 ff.
  • Petr Spielmann, Helmut Klinker: Collection Helmut Klinker. Painting, sculpture, objects and graphics. Museum Bochum 1984, ISBN 3-8093-0087-X .
  • Anton Meier, Beat Wismer : Hans Schärer. Oeuvres / works 1980–1990. Edition Galerie Anton Meier, Geneva 1991, p. 31.
  • Jürgen Becker, Claus von der Osten: Sigmar Polke . The editions 1963–2000. Catalog raisonné. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-7757-0956-8 . P. 149.
  • Cornelia Rieder, Götz Gussmann: Photo art from the last 40 years in the State Gallery's graphic collection. In: art info, art magazine , 3rd volume, issue 6, November / December 2006, p. 24.
  • Kathy Halbreich : Alibis. Sigmar Polke . 1963-2010. The Museum of Modern Art , New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-87070-889-3 , p. 198.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf H. Krauss: Art with Photography. Merry & Merchant.
  2. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Wintersberger-Wyss, Dolores
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wintersberger-Wyss, Dolores Helena (full name); Wyss Dolores
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 2005
Place of death Walbourg