Franz Fedier

Franz Fedier (born February 17, 1922 in Erstfeld ( Canton Uri ), † May 18, 2005 in Bern ) was a German-Swiss painter of abstract painting and a radical avant-garde .

Life

Franz Fedier was born in Erstfeld, Uri. At the age of 17 he began an apprenticeship as a painter in Brugg . Two years later (1941) he began studying at the Lucerne School of Applied Arts . a. with Max von Moos . He was able to work as a student and assistant in mural orders from the painter Heinrich Danioth . In 1945 he was a draftsman in an advertising studio in Bern. Studies led him to the Académie Fernand Léger in Paris, where he also met Alberto Giacometti . In 1959, Franz Fedier participated in documenta 2 in Kassel in the painting department. From 1966 to 1985 he was a teacher at the Basel School of Design and from 1987 to 1993 President of the Federal Art Commission .

• 1952 freelance artist in Bern.
• 1956–1963 worked alternately in Bern and Paris.
• 1966–1987 head of the painting class at the Basel School of Design
• 1987–1992 President of the Federal Art Commission .

Between 1995 and 2005, Fedier had over 15 solo exhibitions and 13 group exhibitions. In addition to numerous paintings on canvas, Fedier's work also includes several murals on public buildings.

Pictures, style

Fedier's pictures are abstract color compositions. Fedier never wanted to put his own self in the picture. The focus is always on the picture. The choice of color was often coincidental. For Fedier it was not important whether a certain other color might have been better, as the viewer did not even know whether he had chosen the color consciously or by chance.

Fedier's style can be described as expressionist abstraction. He saw a return to the representational as a step backwards.

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Fedier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Materials by and about Franz Fedier in the documenta archive
• Kathrin Frauenfelder: Fedier, Franz. In: Sikart