Eduard Boss

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Eduard Boss (born December 25, 1873 in Muri near Bern , † April 4, 1958 in Bern ) was a Swiss painter and draftsman. After the First World War he was one of the most famous Swiss painters and was a member of the Federal Art Commission from 1922 to 1926 .

Life

Eduard Boss was the youngest of 10 children of Christian Boss (died on July 24th, 1904) and Elisabeth Boss-Reusser (died on March 24th, 1890). From the autumn of 1857 the family lived in Muri near Bern, where the father had been elected senior teacher, in the so-called Lehrerstöckli, a house on the street opposite the church.

Like his older brother Gottfried (1857–1883), Eduard Boss received his first basic training in drawing and painting at the Bern School of Applied Arts . 1890–1891 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva (including with Barthélemy Menn ), 1892–1896 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (including with Julius Diez ).

In 1897 Eduard Boss married Ida Flach; they took up residence in Münsingen . There began a fruitful creative period for the artist.

His study trips also took him to Paris , where he was probably Paul Cézanne's student for some time . In 1903 he returned to Switzerland and lived in Bern from 1907.

Boss was a representative of the "Bern School" led by Ferdinand Hodler , which also included Traugott Senn , Adolf Tièche , Emil Cardinaux , Ernst Linck , Emil Prochaska (1874–1948) and Max Eugen Brack (1878–1950).

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Signature of Eduard Boss

Eduard Boss mainly chose motifs from his immediate surroundings: the landscape of the Aare valley , farmers and workers. In addition, he created portraits and self-portraits as well as still lifes . A stylistic affinity with Ferdinand Hodler, with whom he was on friendly terms, can be seen especially in the works around 1910.

Selection of work titles:

  • In the Rome Ghetto (1882)
  • The plowman (1902)
  • The speaker (1913/14 as a mural in the union hall of the Volkshaus Bern , since 2013 in the restaurant Volkshaus 1914 , Bern. According to contemporary witnesses, the central figure in the picture represents the well-known "weaver priest" Howard Eugster .)
  • The hedge trimmer (1910)
  • Aare landscape with a view of the Alps (1913)
  • The stone carvers (before 1914)
  • The High Watch (1933, mural, in the Gurten-Kulm restaurant , municipality of Köniz)

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1927: Exhibition of new works by E. Boss, Wagner & van Mens, Bern
  • 1934: Complete exhibition by Eduard Boss, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
  • 1949: Christmas exhibition of Bernese painters and sculptors, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern

literature

  • Rudolf Kelterborn: Six humorous novels . With original head strips by E. Boss, Bern: [sn] 1899.
  • Exhibition of new works by E. Boss . Wagner & van Mens, Bern, October 17 - November 12, 1927. [Catalog], Bern (Gurtengasse 3): Wagner & van Mens [1927].
  • Complete exhibition of Eduard Boss [in the] Kunsthalle Bern , January 14 to February 11, 1934. Catalog, Bern: Secretariat of the Kunsthalle [1934].
  • Viktor Boss : Life picture of the two painters Gottfried Boss and Eduard Boss, born in Gündlischwand , Gündlischwand; Grindelwald: self-published 1979.
  • Viktor Boss: Zwei Gündlischwander painters , in: Das Hardermannli 78th vol., No. 12 of July 15, 1979, pp. 89–96.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b V. Boss: Life picture of the two painters Gottfried Boss and Eduard Boss
  2. ↑ 1893, Eduard Boss, Naturklasse, registry entry
  3. ^ Tapan Bhattacharya: Boss, Eduard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ^ V. Boss: Life picture of the two painters Gottfried Boss and Eduard Boss , p. 17
personal data
SURNAME Boss, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Muri near Bern
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1958
Place of death Bern