Egbert Moehsnang

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Egbert Moehsnang (born December 9, 1927 in Amberg ; † November 26, 2017 in Schüpfen ) was a Swiss painter , glass artist and copperplate engraver .

Life

Egbert Moehsnang lived in Switzerland from 1950. There were first exhibitions from around 1955. From 1961 to 1963 he worked in Rome. He participated in the graphic exhibitions Ljubljana 1963, L'estampe en Suisse 1970 in Lausanne, La nouvelle gravure 1974 in Paris , International Triennial of Colored Prints 1975 in Grenchen (winner).

Since 1963 Moehsnang exhibited in the Kornfeld Gallery in Bern, which showed a retrospective in 2003 . In the following years he used the computer as a work tool and created large-format gravure prints with it.

Moehsnang lived and worked secluded in Schüpfen in an old, isolated farmhouse.

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Moehsnang's paintings and engravings were often created on the background of sacred or mythological content. He has created several works from a series of copper engravings, some combined with other techniques.

  • Battle folder 1340–1450. 10 copper engravings. 1967.

literature

  • The small copper engraving passion. With explanations of art history and art criticism by Kurt Lüthi, Karl Ledergerber, Alfred Scheidegger. Zurich 1967.
  • Moehsnang. A viewing and reading book. With Paul Nizon . ISBN 325803852X
  • Moehsnang. The book as a total work of art 2003. ISBN 3727210850

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Egbert Moehsnang - Presentation of large-format copper etchings . Kunstmuseum Bern 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Further exhibitions, publications in: Moehsnang. Stämpfli, Bern 2003, ISBN 3-7272-1085-0 , p. 110.
personal data
SURNAME Moehsnang, Egbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2017
Place of death Scoop