Franz Gloor
Franz Gloor ( February 29, 1948 - December 13, 2009 ) was a Swiss photographer .
life and work
Franz Gloor completed his training as a photographer with Werner Erne in Aarau and at the photography class at the Zurich School of Applied Arts .
In addition to independent work, including as a photographer of major concert events in Switzerland, Franz Gloor has been working with the Solothurn industrial photographer Roland Schneider since 1972. Together they carried out a large number of industrial reports in Switzerland and abroad. And they documented cultural events and scenes from everyday life mainly in the canton of Solothurn .
Since around 1990 Franz Gloor continued to work independently of Roland Schneider. He created a work with photographic documentation from the cultural and social life of the city of Olten and the canton of Solothurn.
For a long time he was a member of the Photo and Film commission of the Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture in the Canton of Solothurn.
Shortly before his death, Franz Gloor donated his photo archive to the Olten Historical Museum .
Awards
- 1975: Work Prize of the Canton of Solothurn
- 1981: Award from the British Association of Industrial Editors
- 1993: Medal of recognition from the "Pro Olten" foundation
- 2003: Prize for Photography from the Canton of Solothurn
- 2004: Culture Prize of the City of Olten
Publications
- Market. Solothurn 1981 (with Roland Schneider).
- Railway town. 150 years of the railway in Olten. Historical Museum Olten, Olten 2005.
- Annemarie Monteil, Roswitha Schild: Roman Candio - painter. Solothurn 2011.
literature
- Madeleine Schüpfer : Portrait of the photographer Franz Gloor . In: Oltner Neujahrsblätter, Vol. 50, 1992, pp. 42-45.
- Peter André Bloch , stopover. Altenburg - a city on the move. Olten 2003.
- Madeleine Schüpfer: Moved, Dance in Olten 1995-2005. Olten 2005.
- Peter André Bloch : Gift of the 123rd painting by Franz Gloor to the city of Olten In: Oltner Neujahrsblätter, Vol. 72, 2014, p. 102.
Web links
- Gloor, Franz. In: Sikart
- Gloor Franz Website Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture of the Canton of Solothurn
- Website by Franz Gloor
- Franz Gloor at the Olten Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gloor, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olten |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 2009 |
| Place of death | Olten |