Hans Berger (painter)

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Hans Berger (born July 9, 1882 in Biel , † April 7, 1977 in Aire-la-Ville ) was a Swiss painter .

Life

Hans Berger was born in Biel in 1882 as the son of watch worker Johann Josef Berger. From 1896 he lived in Geneva , where he attended the Progymnasium in order to then begin an apprenticeship in an architecture office and drawing lessons at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1898 to 1902. He then moved to Paris , where he became friends with Alexandre Blanchet . From 1908 he started painting. A year later he was able to win 3rd prize in the Concours Diday in Geneva. In 1910 he traveled to France . A year later, the first solo exhibition of his works was presented in the Musée Rath . Ferdinand Hodler bought his picture Humility . In 1924 he moved to Aire-la-Ville and traveled to Provence and Tuscany as well as Greece , Sicily and Spain . Jakob Probst made a portrait (half length) of Hans Berger . Hans Berger, who had been married to Emilie (nee Meier) since 1914, died in Aire-la-Ville in 1977.

Act

In his work you can see an independence from the artistic currents such as cubism or futurism of his time. His main focus was on landscape motifs and pure painting .

literature

  • Triumph of color at Hans Berger: Exhibition for the 100th birthday. Kunstmuseum Solothurn, 29 August to 17 October 1982. Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn / Geneva 1982.
  • Hans Berger: 1882 Biel - 1977 Aire-la-Ville (GE): November 30, 2006 to January 27, 2007, Galerie Nicolas Beurret. Zurich: Galerie Nicolas Beurret, 2006. - 56 pp. Http://d-nb.info/988932636
  • Robert Hess: Hans Berger, artist in the workshop , the work: architecture and art. Vol. 30, 1943

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Architecture and Art: Portrait Sculpture. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .


personal data
SURNAME Berger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1977
Place of death Aire-la-Ville