Ernst Graf (painter)
Kaspar Ernst Graf (born May 17, 1909 in Bern , † August 20, 1988 in Ermatingen ; resident in Leutwil ) was a Swiss painter , graphic artist and caricaturist .
life and work
Ernst Graf completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer and graphic artist in Laupen . He then studied in Munich and Paris from 1929 to 1931 . From 1934 he lived in Ermatingen. Graf presented his works a. a. in the Kunstmuseum Olten , Kunsthaus Zürich and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen . In 1980 he received the Culture Prize of the Canton of Thurgau . The municipality of Ermatingen made him an honorary citizen . His son was the painter Urs Graf.
Graf used a variety of artistic techniques, including watercolors , tempera , drawings, etchings , lithographs, wood and linocuts , glass paintings , mosaics and murals. He mainly devoted himself to figurative art , except for abstract experiments in the 1970s. As a painter, he initially oriented himself towards Vincent van Gogh and Augusto Giacometti . In addition to figures, he mainly painted landscapes from his surroundings such as the Untersee , but also cityscapes and industrial plants, which often give a lonely or abandoned impression. Graf's graphic work is influenced by German Expressionism and the work of Käthe Kollwitz , whereby he mainly chose political motifs. His caricatures mostly show people from the big cities who seem aimless.
Works (selection)
- Fresco and stained glass window in the Laupen school, 1934
- The face of our time. Graphic sheets from the years 1943–1946 , caricatures, 1946
- Lake without water near Ermatingen , watercolor, 1962
- Glass window in the small council chamber in Appenzell town hall , around 1963
- Tapestry in the agricultural school in Arenenberg, 1972
- Winter at the Untersee , woodcut, 1977
literature
- Alfred Schneider: Ernst Graf. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 29, 1954, pp. 21-25. ( e-periodica.ch )
- Renate Treydel: Graf, Ernst (Kaspar Ernst) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 60, Saur, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22800-1 , p. 73.
- Count, (Kaspar) Ernst . In: Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 4 : Gies – Hessel . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23164-4 , p. 126 .
- Necrology for Ernst Graf. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 65, 1990, pp. 179–181. ( e-periodica.ch )
Web links
- Count, Ernst. In: Sikart
- Graf, Ernst (1909 - 1988) Website of the Thurgau Art Museum
- Ernst Graf on the website of Urs Graf
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Count, Ernst |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graf, Kaspar Ernst (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, graphic artist and caricaturist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 1988 |
Place of death | Ermatingen |