Hans Brandenberger

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Hans Brandenberger (born June 28, 1912 in Sumbawa ; † March 26, 2003 in Zurich ) was a Swiss stone sculptor and bronze sculptor .

Live and act

Hans Brandenberger was born on the Small Sunda Island of Sumbawa in what was then the Dutch East Indies , now Indonesia , and grew up in Timor .

He suddenly became famous for his soldier memorial "Wehrmacht", which became the most symbolic monument of the Swiss National Exhibition in 1939 ("Landi"). The statue stood in a room in the “Wehrwillen” department on Höhenstrasse and showed the change from peaceful to combat-ready citizens. She is said to have moved people, flowers were laid in front of her. The statue was made of plaster and is now lost.

After the "Landi", Brandenberger recreated the Wehrmann from Castione marble. The copy is one meter smaller and its shape differs slightly from the original. It is in the gym of the Rämibühl canton school on the corner of Rämistrasse and Gloriastrasse in Zurich. Another bronze copy, a cast of the original, is in Schwyz at the Federal Letter Museum . It was donated to the archive by the Swiss abroad in 1941 on the occasion of the 650th anniversary.

After the war, pathetic works were no longer in demand. Brandenberger could not do anything with the new abstract forms and was almost forgotten. After his death the works were sold. The Landesmuseum Zürich acquired a few preliminary studies and plaster models.

“Die Badende”, a work commissioned by the city from 1963, has been preserved. It sits, far from any water, in a small green area on the corner of Baumackerstrasse and Schulstrasse in Zurich- Oerlikon .

Brandenberger had his studio on Rousseaustrasse in Zurich- Wipkingen .

photos

  • "Military readiness": bronze copy of the lost original in the park of the Federal Letter Museum in Schwyz.

  • Marble replica on Rämistrasse in Zurich

  • "The bathers",
    Zurich Oerlikon

literature

  • Herbert Pachmann: Zurich showpieces: sculptures in the public space of the city. BoD, ISBN 978-3-7357-5775-3 , p. 179.

Web links

Commons : Hans Brandenberger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Pachmann: Zurich showpieces: sculptures in the public space of the city. P. 179
  2. ↑ Martin Huber: The controversial soldier from the university quarter. Tages-Anzeiger January 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Brandenberger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss stone sculptor and bronze sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Sumbawa
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2003
Place of death Zurich