Hans Huggler-Wyss
Hans Huggler-Wyss (born April 20, 1877 in Brienz ; † December 1, 1947 there ) was a Swiss wood sculptor and founder of Huggler Holzbildhauerei AG. He developed the typical Brienz figures that shape Brienz wood carving.
Life
Hans Huggler-Wyss was the second son of Johann Huggler (1834–1912). He had three brothers who also worked as wood sculptors (locally: Schnitzler ): Peter Huggler (1861–1943), Viktor Huggler (1879–1916) and Albert Huggler (1864–1938). He was married to Martha Wyss von Brienz, with whom he had three children.
Career
Hans Huggler grew up in Brienz. He attended the Munich School of Applied Arts and gained experience in Austria, Italy and Germany. After his return to Brienz, he went into business for himself in 1900 and founded the company "Hans Huggler-Wyss Holzbildhauerei AG", today "Huggler Holzbildhauerei AG". Today it is the last large wood carving in Switzerland. From 1903 to 1914 Huggler worked as a teacher at the school for wood carving. He was a co-founder of the Swiss Heimatwerke .
plant
Hans Huggler-Wyss and his brother Albert were considered the best "figurists" of their time. They developed the flat cut still practiced today . Huggler not only wanted to be an individual artist, but also wanted to show the carving trade, with which he felt deeply connected, new ways in the design of wood-carved figures. He led wood carving away from extremely detailed figures, which were not always anatomically correct, towards anatomically correct, beautifully proportioned figures produced in flat cut. These easily understandable and very naturalistic figures were in great demand and are still hand-carved in the same style to this day.
Hans Huggler-Wyss did not produce very many works of art himself, but had a major impact on wood carving in Brienz. His works include busts, the so-called "Huggler figures" and the "Christnacht" crib, a Swiss Christmas crib with 14 cm figures.
Web links
- Carving dynasty Huggler Brienz - 200 years of arts and crafts , special exhibition 2018 of the Swiss Museum for Wood Sculpture Brienz
- Wooden nativity scenes from the Bernese Oberland , article by Andrej Abplanalp, Swiss National Museum
- Company history on the Huggler Holzbildhauerei AG website
Individual evidence
- ^ Huggler family archive: Hans Huggler-Wyss writings . Ed .: Huggler family.
- ↑ Max Huggler: Historical work on the Brienz carving . Ed .: Mas Huggler.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huggler-Wyss, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brienz BE |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1947 |
| Place of death | Brienz BE |