Hans Borer

Hans Borer's aviator memorial

Hans Borer (born November 23, 1924 in Olten ; † August 29, 2002 in Solothurn ) was a Swiss sculptor .

Life

After an apprenticeship as a sculptor with Willi Schibler in Olten, Borer studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva , the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the Art Academy of Florence . After studying in Italy , Austria , Germany and the South of France from 1950 to 1953, Hans Borer returned to the Canton of Solothurn . Since 1952 he worked as a freelance sculptor. In 1966 he bought a farmhouse in Lohn , where he has lived ever since.

Various sculptures by Hans Borer can be found in public spaces in the canton of Solothurn , such as the Fliegerdenkmal (1968) in Solothurn or the new sculpture placed on the north side of the Franciscan Church in 2019, which freely depicts the “last Franciscan” in Solothurn, Franz Louis Studer , represents and numerous fountains .

Awards

• 1999 Grand Prix des créateurs d'aujourd'hui in Arles
• 1998 Grand Prix de Sculpture in Aix-en-Provence
• 1986 1st Prize Centro Artistico Culturale in Naples

Exhibitions

• 1995 Palacio de los Pimentel in Valladolid , Ludwigsburg and Waldegg Castle near Solothurn
• 1991 Centro Cultural de la Caixa de Estaivis in Terrassa
• 1989 Casa Lys , Salamanca

Further solo and double exhibitions in France, Spain and Switzerland.

literature

• Rudolf Haesler: Hans Borer . escultura = sculpture. Hydra, [Sant Cugat] 1995 (catalog for the exhibition in Valladolid, Ludwigsburg and Solothurn).
• Hans Borer . escultura = sculpture. Hydra, [Sant Cugat] 1991 (catalog for the exhibition in Terrassa).

Web links

• Borer, Hans. In: Sikart
• Borer, Hans . In: SOkultur, Kulturschaffende . Cantonal Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture in Solothurn. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Agnes Portmann: It all started in a chicken house . In: Solothurner Zeitung . May 5, 2002.
2. ↑ Solothurn aviator memorial inaugurated . In: Solothurner Zeitung . No. 269 , November 18, 1968.