Giuliano Pedretti

Giuliano Pedretti (born February 23, 1924 in Basel ; † January 9, 2012 in Samedan ) was a Swiss draftsman, sgraffito artist and sculptor .

Life

Big view of the world , sgraffito by Giuliano Pedretti on the schoolhouse in Samedan (1967)

Cow sculpture, nostalgia, 1975. Riehen

Pedretti's grave at the Church of San Gian in Celerina

Giuliano Pedretti was the eldest son of the painter Turo Pedretti and the singer Marguerite Pedretti-His. He studied 1942–1943 at the Zurich School of Applied Arts . Since Pedretti was color-blind , he could not work as a painter, but mainly worked in plastic. Pedretti was already influenced as a student by Alberto Giacometti , whom he visited more often in Paris from 1953. Since 1943 he had a studio in his parents' house in Samedan. When it was destroyed by an avalanche in 1951, he set up his studio in neighboring Celerina . In 1949 he received a scholarship from the Swiss Institute in Rome. Pedretti also carried out orders for sgraffito work on houses and churches. His work includes more than 300 sculptures. His works can be found u. a. in the Kunstmuseum Bern and in the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur.

In addition to his sculptural work, he was committed to the preservation of Romanesque culture and, together with Dora Lardelli, played a key role in the establishment of the Upper Engadin cultural archive and in 1995 in the construction of the Andrea Robbi Museum in Sils Maria .

His brother was the sculptor and painter Gian Pedretti , and he was related by marriage to the writer Erica Pedretti .

Giuliano Pedretti died on January 9, 2012 at the age of 87. His grave is in the cemetery of the Church of San Gian in Celerina / Schlarigna .

literature

Ulrich Suter (Ed.): Giuliano Pedretti - a monograph. Merian, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-85616-219-4 .
Bernhard von Waldkirch: Giuliano Pedretti - drawings. Merian, Basel 2009, ISBN 978-3-85616-479-9 .

Web links

Commons : Giuliano Pedretti - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Giuliano Pedretti in the catalog of the German National Library
Ulrich Suter: Pedretti, Giuliano. In: Sikart
Autobiographical notes by Giuliano Pedretti (PDF; 10 kB) at hebis
Film about Giuliano Pedretti , by Gian-Nicola Bass, on Vimeo

Individual evidence

^ Gian-Nicola Bass: When houses tell stories (short film). August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
^ Graubünden sculptor Giuliano Pedretti has died. Basler Zeitung , January 11, 2012
^ Dora Lardelli: Distinctive sculptor: Giuliano Pedretti from Graubünden died. NZZ , January 19, 2012.
^ Roland H. Wiegenstein : The sculptor Giuliano Pedretti: The graphic and plastic work of the Swiss artist. In: The Berlin literary criticism . January 5, 2010, accessed January 26, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pedretti, Giuliano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 2012
Place of death	Samedan

[1] Gian-Nicola Bass: When houses tell stories (short film). August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .

[2] Graubünden sculptor Giuliano Pedretti has died. Basler Zeitung , January 11, 2012

[3] Dora Lardelli: Distinctive sculptor: Giuliano Pedretti from Graubünden died. NZZ , January 19, 2012.

[4] Roland H. Wiegenstein : The sculptor Giuliano Pedretti: The graphic and plastic work of the Swiss artist. In: The Berlin literary criticism . January 5, 2010, accessed January 26, 2019 .