Etienne Clare

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Etienne Clare (born December 2, 1901 in Paris , † January 2, 1975 in Thun ) was a Swiss graphic artist and painter .

Life

Etienne Clare was born in Paris and grew up in Thun . In northern Germany he did an apprenticeship as a bookseller. After a time as a ship painter, he began training in Wandsbek at the local arts and crafts school. Back in Switzerland, he learned to be a lithographer. From 1917 to 1920 he attended the arts and crafts school in Bern . From 1927 to 1929 he made numerous trips to Central and South America, later also to southern France and Italy. Together with Hans Ittig, Paul Gmünder, Roman Tschabold , Knud Jacobsen and Emil von Gunten, he founded the Aarequai gallery in Thun in 1958. The group visited Cuno Amiet in Oschwand several times . In 1961 he and other artists from Thun had an exhibition at the art museum in Braunschweig . In 1964 he directed the exhibition Thun Art in the 20th Century at the Kunstmuseum Thun . Until his death in 1975 he exhibited frequently in the Aarequai gallery and also at the Christmas exhibitions in the art museum in Thun.

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Clare became particularly known for his colorful posters on Swiss tourism, for example with the two motifs Strandbad Thun (1933 and 1936) or Thun (1938). He also made mosaics and sundials in public spaces, as well as woodcuts, lithographs, watercolors and oil paintings. Clare was a member of XYLON , the international association of wood cutters. The Xylon 72 edition contains a work by Clare. His colored posters and woodcuts are very concise with their clear shapes. They influenced the Thun graphic artist and painter Knud Jacobsen.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Galerie Aarequai, Thun 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973
  • Kunstmuseum Thun , Christmas exhibitions 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972, 1975
  • Art Museum Braunschweig, 1961
  • Curator of the exhibition Thun Art in the 20th Century , Kunstmuseum Thun , publication of a portfolio with woodcuts, 1964
  • Galerie Art + Vision, exhibition on the death of Etienne Clare at Martin Thönen in Bern in 1975
  • Memorial exhibition Etienne Clare and Felix Hoffmann, art collection of the municipality of Steffisburg, 1981
  • Art collection Hans & Marlis Suter , 2005 in Wichterheergut Oberhofen with Paul Gmünder and Alfred Glaus and in 2014 in Hochhüs Steffisburg with Werner Engel and Knud Jacobsen
  • Gallery Rosengarten, various posthumous exhibitions, a. a. 1990 with Martin Thönen and 2016 Original Druckgrafik (group exhibition), Thun
  • Kunstmuseum Thun : "Telling Pictures", 2017, group exhibition with works from the Kunstmuseum Thun

Works in collections (selection)

literature

  • Lehner, Fritz: Thun art in the 20th century , biography Etienne Clare, published by the art commission of the city of Thun, 1964
  • Thönen, Martin (ed.): Etienne Clare (1901-1975), woodcuts , exhibition catalog with 2 original woodcuts, Verlag Galerie Art + Vision, Bern 1975

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lehner, Fritz: Thuner Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert , biography Etienne Clare, published by the art commission of the city of Thun, 1964
  2. ↑ Thuner Tagblatt (ed.): Obituary for Etienne Clare , January 1975
  3. ↑ Thomas Seilnacht: Knud Jacobsen - monograph. With a foreword by Hans Suter. Seilnacht Verlag & Atelier, Bern 2018, ISBN 978-3-95228926-6 .
  4. ↑ City Museum Braunschweig: Artists from Thun, from April 9 to May 7, 1961, exhibition catalog
  5. ↑ Illustration poster 1933, in: [1]
  6. ↑ Illustration poster 1936, in: [2]
  7. ↑ Illustration poster 1938, in: [3]
  8. ^ Art collection of the city of Thun: Exhibition catalogs 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972, 1975
  9. ↑ Berner Zeitung: A wide range of graphics , online edition July 4th, 2016, available at: [4]
  10. ↑ Illustration of a woodcut in the gallery of the Suter Collection, available at: [5]
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personal data
SURNAME Clare, Etienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1975
Place of death Tuna