Elisabeth Thalmann

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Elisabeth Thalmann , also Beth Thalmann (born April 11, 1918 in Zurich ; † February 3, 2000 there ) was a Swiss artist who worked with painting , murals, collages , ink drawings and object art .

life and work

Elisabeth Thalmann came from a host family. Her father was a chef in large hotels and, as a guild host, ran the Zunfthaus zur Waag in Zurich. She was born in the «Waag» and grew up in Zurich.

She attended the arts and crafts school in Zurich for five years and graduated from Otto Morach with an exceptional certificate. She obtained a diploma as a draftsman and designer. In addition to the compulsory specialist lessons, drawing and designing for textiles, she has been involved in designing decorations for ceramics, shop windows, exhibition stands, wall decorations, decorations for festive occasions.

In the final report , the subject teacher O. Morach mentioned: "In my 24 years as a teacher for decorative design at the arts and crafts department of the Zurich Trade School, I only very rarely had a student with such a good sense of color as Miss Thalmann has."

In 1938 she was studying in Rome. In 1942 she was an intern at E. Gubler and also worked as an embroidery draftsman. 1949–1951 she was taught in Paris at the academies of André Lhote and Fernand Léger and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . She took courses with Oskar Dalvit in Zurich. She received scholarships from the City of Zurich in 1957 and from the Füllemann Foundation in 1956. She also received a third prize for designing a wall decoration in the town hall of Aarau and a second prize in a poster competition within the GSMBK .

Exhibitions

Elisabeth Thalmann's works have been shown in solo exhibitions in galleries in Zurich (BENO, 1959, 1962/1963, 1969), Basel (Hilt, 1966), Vienna (Foitl, 1970) a. a., 1992 Celtic cellar,

She was represented in group exhibitions at the Kunsthaus Zürich (1961, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1989), the Helmhaus Zürich (1951, 1956–1959, 1966, 1990), and the Kunstmuseum Bern (1964). In September 1964 she took part in the Vernissage des peintres zurichois on the occasion of Expo 64 in Lausanne. Palais des Expositions, Genève (1973), 7th to 29th July 1973 with GSMB + K, Nov. 1992, 1993: Vogtei Herrliberg,

In France she had individual and group exhibitions from 1972, mainly in and around Rouen (Normandy).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thalmann, Elisabeth, Swiss Institute for Art Research
  2. ↑ Final diploma of the commercial school of the City of Zurich from October 7, 1940. Online
  3. ↑ August 3, 1979 SIK, article for Handbuch der Schweizer Künstler.
  4. ^ Invitation by Claude Paillard, 2001 Retrospective Galerie Frankengasse
  5. ^ Invitation, Zürichsee-Spiegel, Zürichsee-Zeitung, August 24, 2001, opening of the private museum gallery on February 20, 2003
  6. ↑ Zurich Express February 27, 2002, Zurich 2 No. 48, p. 12 of November 29, 2002, 2009, 2012, staircase vernissages in the Beth Thalmann private gallery
  7. ^ Letter of confirmation dated August 12, 1964 (unpublished); Vernissage prospectus September 2, 1964, Café des Arts, Expo 64, Lausanne.
  8. ↑ Invitation to the Vogtei Herrliberg Gallery, opening 31.10.9.
  9. ↑ Zürichsee-Zeitung of November 18, 1993, 2003, Park Residenz Meilen.
  10. ^ Invitation to the vernissage January 10, 2003, 2002: Galerie zur Zinn
  11. ^ Invitation to the vernissage June 8, 2002, 2003 Galerie Zumipark
  12. ↑ Invitation to the vernissage 23 May 2003, 2009 Gallery DKO "bella figura"
  13. ^ So group exhibition Rouen: Salon de Rouen , September 22 - October 15, 1973 / group exhibition Cabines des Dessins , Paris, December 14, 1977 - January 10, 1978 / Giverny Galerie 73, Philippe Pigues: With Claire Joyes-Galtier and Christian Sauvé .
  14. ^ The exhibitions by Elisabeth Thalmann. Retrieved from the artist website on August 25, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Thalmann, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thalmann, Beth; Widmer-Thalmann, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and collagist
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2000
Place of death Zurich