Ernst Baumann (painter)

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Ernst Baumann (born April 17, 1909 in Wileroltigen ; † January 9, 1992 in Basel ) was a Swiss painter and artist .

biography

Baumann was born on a small farm in the canton of Bern. In the years 1925 to 1927 he traveled to the French-speaking region (Italy, France). The decision to become a painter in early youth , as he was shaped by impressions from nature. So after his trip to Basel at the age of 18, he attended the art courses at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule from 1927 to 1929 . Since he had no connection to the art world, he had to earn money for his living as an apprentice to a flat painter from 1929 to 1930. From 1930 to 1948 he worked for a living in various painting companies. Baumann tried to expand his knowledge in evening courses at the trade school for art. Between 1933 and 1939 he made his first progress, Baumann studied with painter friends at various art academies in Paris , including the Grande Chaumière and Colarossi academies. In addition, he received scholarships from the Kunstverein in Basel from 1937 to 1939 and has regularly participated in exhibitions since 1938. Further scholarships followed from 1941 to 1944 and 1947 to 1949 (including stays in Italy). In 1948 he got a permanent position as a teacher for drawing at the trade school in Basel, which he held until 1974. From 1955 he often stayed in the Mediterranean region, in southern areas, on the Atlantic coast or in Ticino and in the Swiss mountains. In 1974 he retired.

He gained fame above all for wall paintings that adorn various buildings. He died at home in Basel after a long illness.

Painting style

Until the beginning of the 1950s, this was characterized by tone-on-tone painting with muted colors. Only then does he slowly begin to use stronger colors. The structure of his works can often be compared with that of a mosaic, so he develops a very special form of expression. The relationship between the color and composition of his pictures is extremely tense. He refined this independent style over the years until it became an unmistakable one. His pictures fascinate by their coloring, but also by their strong compositional quality. He chooses his motifs from everyday life, without great pomp he depicts the motifs very sensitively.

Works (selection)

  • Mosaic Child and Nature, 1962, Erlen school building, Riehen. By Ernst Baumann (1909–1992) painter, artist
    Mosaic Child and Nature , 1962, Riehen
    1945, 1950 murals in the cemetery on Hörnli and Wolfgottesacker , Basel
  • 1956 mural Der Frühling , Kantonsspital Basel
  • 1962 Mosaic Child and Nature , Erlensträsschen school building, Riehen (BS)
  • 1965 mural, municipal administration Bottmingen (BL)

Exhibitions

  • 1952, 1956 Museum Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
  • 1960 Kunstverein Olten
  • 1955 to 1960 Several exhibitions in the Bettie Thommen gallery, Basel
  • 1964 Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1974, 1979 Gymnasium Bodenacker Liestal
  • 1976 Trubschachen art exhibition 1982 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
  • 1988 Swiss Shipping School, Basel
  • 1989 Barracks exhibition room, Basel
  • 1993 commemorative exhibition at Bodenacker Liestal high school
  • 1999 “Sprützehüsli” memorial exhibition, Oberwil
  • 2001 art exhibition in Trubschachen
  • 2002 Gallery Schär and Wildbolz, Solothurn

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Baumann (painter)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum vitae ( memento from September 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) ernstbaumann.ch.
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Wileroltigen
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1992
Place of death Basel