Hans Sturzenegger
Hans Konrad Sturzenegger (born May 2, 1875 in Schaffhausen , † November 19, 1943 in Zurich ) was a Swiss painter .
biography
Sturzenegger came from a wealthy entrepreneurial family in Schaffhausen, which enabled him to attend the Karlsruhe Art Academy. After completing his studies, he returned to his hometown and set up a studio in the Belair house . The small, picturesque castle, which is located at Randenstrasse 65 and which is now the Schaffhausen youth hostel, became the focus of an artist circle. Sturzenegger was in contact with Hermann Hesse and the surrounding artists from Gaienhofen on Lake Constance. I.a. The painter Ernst Kreidolf also frequented the Belair house.
The friendship with Hermann Hesse remained very intense even after he moved to Montagnola in Ticino . An intensive correspondence was conducted, and Sturzenegger repeatedly visited the poet and portrayed him. Hesse, in turn, portrayed Sturzenegger in a literary way in his novel Roßhalde by giving the figure of the painter Veraguth certain traits of Sturzenegger. In 1911 Sturzenegger went on a trip to India with Hesse. It took the two artists via Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore (where the Sturzeneggers family was entrepreneurial) to Sumatra. During the trip, Hesse wrote numerous notes, poems and stories, which, supplemented by drawings and watercolors by Sturzenegger, appeared as an anthology in 1913.
In 1943, shortly after his return from Hesse's visit to Montagnola, Sturzenegger died in Zurich. The house Belair is 50 years Hostel .
swell
- Paul Schaffner: Hans Sturzenegger . In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 31, Issue 8, 1944, pp. 229–238.
- Literature on Hans Sturzenegger in the Schaffhausen City Archives
- hermann-hesse.de
- Bächtold, Kurt (ed.): Hermann Hesse - Hans Sturzenegger. Correspondence 1905–1943. Schaffhausen: Peter Meili, 1984. 109 pp. ISBN 3-85805-106-3
- Sturzenegger's illustrations in Hesse's travel book From India. Extended new edition 1980, Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 562.
- Hortensia by Roda: Sturzenegger, Hans. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Sturzenegger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sturzenegger, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sturzenegger, Hans Konrad (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1943 |
| Place of death | Zurich |