Fritz J. Dold

Friedrich Julius Dold (born April 23, 1949 in Egg , Canton Zurich ) is a Swiss artist.

Life

Fritz Julius Dold grew up in a family of artists. He represents the third generation of glass painters who founded the glass painting studio in St. Gallen in 1920. His father Fritz Werner Dold (1911–1974) and his grandfather Emil Dold were glass painters. After finishing school, Fritz Julius Dold entered the Zurich School of Applied Arts and took the subjects of freehand drawing, modeling and figurative drawing.

From 1965 to 1966 he attended the glass school in Kramsach , Austria and learned figurative drawing in 1967 from the painters Ernst Georg Heussler and Jacques Schedler . From 1967 to 1971 he completed an apprenticeship in glass painting with his father in Zurich. He attended the arts and crafts school in Zurich while working.

After the death of his father, he took over his glass painting studio. He has been working as a freelance artist in Zurich since 1974. From 1987 to 2002 he also worked in the Königsfelden restoration studio .

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Detail of the glass painting "Elements of Nature" in the Catholic Church in Mettmenstetten

Fritz J. Dold's work includes glass painting, glass art, drawings, 3D glass sculptures and photography.

Works (selection)

Copy of the bird sermon (1990) in Königsfelden
Four seasons window (1994) in the Reformed Church of Emmenbrücke
10-part row of windows Das Leben (1995) in the chapel of the Geneva Cantonal Hospital
Window of Creation (1996) in the Reformed Church of Untervaz
Three-dimensional glass picture (1998) in the Zürcher Kantonalbank Albisrieden
Resurrection and Holy Spirit window (2003) in Rheinau Abbey
Window Das Licht (2011) Reformed Church Rüschlikon
Sculpture Albisrieden (2015)
Window elements of nature (2016) Röm-kath. Mettmenstetten Church

Exhibitions (selection)

2009: Glas Art verrie contembre, Musée Suisse du Vitrail, Romont
2005: verarte.ch , “Color Light Space”, Open Church Elisabethen, Basel
2004: verarte.ch , Musée Suisse du Vitrail, Romont
2002: Contemporains <2> , Musée Suisse du Vitrail, Romont
1999: Glass in Brig , courtyard of the Stockalperpalast and Galerie Matze, Brig
1998: Le vitrail suisse contemporain , Center international du Vitrail, Chartres, Paris
1996: Contemporary Swiss glass painting , in Einsiedeln and Romont
1989: Exhibition of the prize winners II Salon International du Vitrail at the Musée du Vitrail, Romont
1989: II Salon International du Vitrail , Chartres, France
1987: Stained glass Exhibition , Corning Museum, USA
1969: Zurich School of Applied Arts

Awards / prizes (selection)

2016: Design for the window design elements of nature , Roman Catholic. Mettmenstetten Church
2011: 1st prize in the competition for window design Das Licht , ref. Rüschlikon Church
1994: 1st prize for the design of the window design Das Leben , Geneva Cantonal Hospital
1993: 1st prize, in the competition for window design Four Seasons , Emmenbrücke Lucerne
1969: Zurich School of Applied Arts

Web links

Dold, Fritz J .. In: Sikart

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Gudrun Libnow: Dold, Fritz J. (Fritz Julius) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 28, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22768-X , p. 317.

personal data
SURNAME	Dold, Fritz J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dold, Friedrich Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Egg ( Canton of Zurich )

[akl-1] A ^b Gudrun Libnow: Dold, Fritz J. (Fritz Julius) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 28, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22768-X , p. 317.