Hans Sandreuter

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Hans Sandreuter (1850–1901) painter
Hans Sandreuter

Hans Sandreuter (born May 11, 1850 in Basel , † June 1, 1901 in Riehen ) was a Swiss artist of symbolism and fin de siècle .

life and work

After attending the secondary school in Basel in 1867, Hans Sandreuter began an apprenticeship as a lithographer . His wandering years began around 1870 and took him to Würzburg, Munich, Verona, Milan, Genoa and Naples. Sandreuter studied with Achille Carrillo for half a year and returned to Basel in 1872.

Finally Sandreuter went back to Munich, where he met Arnold Böcklin. In 1873 Sandreuter attended a private Munich art school and through Böcklin's intercession Sandreuter got access to evening life drawing at the Munich Academy with Wilhelm von Kaulbach . In 1874 he traveled to Böcklin in Florence and when he fell ill a year later, Böcklin took him into his house. From 1877 to 1880 Sandreuter lived in Paris, in 1882 he moved to Florence, two years later he moved into a studio in Basel. He received numerous orders for wall paintings and sgraffiti in and on public buildings. He also restored and decorated rooms in the St. Georgen Monastery (Stein am Rhein) , for example . In 1896 he became a member of the Federal Art Commission . In 1897 he traveled to Florence to draw Arnold Böcklin for the planned Böcklin medal, and on September 19 he opened a Böcklin exhibition that he had organized in the Kunsthalle Basel .

Mainly at the instigation of Hans Sandreuter, the third re-establishment of the Basler Künstlergesellschaft took place in 1888, of which he was president from 1888 to 1894. In 1898 he had Emanuel La Roche and Adolf Benedikt Stähelin build his home and studio at Wenkenstrasse 39 in Riehen. In 1899 Sandreuter fell ill with diabetes and died two years later in his house "Zur Mohrhalde" in Riehen.

Sandreuter was Böcklin's closest pupil; some critics accused him of being a Böcklin imitator during his lifetime. He was a representative of fin de siècle art and was best known as an artist in Switzerland. On the hundredth anniversary of the anniversary of his death, the Kunstmuseum Basel organized a large overall exhibition in 2001/2002. Sandreuter's oeuvre shows great diversity. In addition to oil and watercolor paintings, he created monumental decorative art. He designed graphic works and glass paintings as well as furniture. Sandreuter was "a committed and critical companion, even partisan of the young art of his generation." Some of the facades and wall decorations he designed are still in place today, for example the facade of the " Bear Guild " and the wall work of the " Blacksmith Guild" in Old Basel.

In 1975, works by Hans Sandreuter, Otto Roos and Josef Keller (1923–1964) were shown in a memorial exhibition in Riehen .

  • The Rhine near Basel , 1900

  • Design for a fan, 1878

  • At the Heavenly Gate , 1894

  • Poster, 1897

  • Self-portrait, 1900

Publicly accessible works (oil paintings)

literature

  • Rolf Brönnimann-Burckhardt: Hans Sandreuter's house at the Mohrhalde. In: Jahrbuch z'Rieche , 1978 ( online ).
  • Dorothea Christ : Painter and sculptor of the Basler Künstlergesellschaft 1850–1950. Exhibition catalog. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel 1980, ISBN 3-905057-20-4 .
  • Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann : Fin de Siècle in Basel. Hans Sandreuter 1850–1901 . Schwabe, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7965-1942-3 .
  • Daniel Schneller: Hans Sandreuter . In: Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85823-673-X , p. 917/918.
  • Hermann Keller: Hans Sandreuter , with eight reproductions, 1902
  • Hans Sandreuter, German art and decoration, volume 5, 5th year, February 1902, Verlag Alex Koch, Darmstadt.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Academy of Fine Arts Munich: Hans Sandreuter, Naturklasse, matriculation book. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
  2. ^ Rolf Brönnimann-Burckhardt: House to Morhalde. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ O.Birkner: Zur Morhalden, 1983, A house in danger. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann: Foreword. In: Fin de Siècle in Basel. Hans Sandreuter 1850–1901. Schwabe, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7965-1942-3 .
  5. ↑ Hans Krattiger: 1975, memorial exhibition. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ «Die Quelle» is back in Baden on loan after 106 years. In: Badener Tagblatt , June 30, 2017, accessed on June 20, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Sandreuter, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1901
Place of death Riehen