Isabelle Waldberg

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Isabelle Waldberg , born Isabelle Margaretha Maria Farner, (born May 10, 1911 in Oberstammheim ; † April 12, 1990 in Chartres ) was a Swiss artist and sculptor .

Life and artistic work

Isabelle Farner was born in Oberstammheim in the Swiss canton of Zurich as the daughter of a farming family. Her passion for craftsmanship arose early on when, as a child, she watched the construction of a timber frame house across from her parents' farm. “In doing so I realized that it is possible to create new shapes with your own hands. I saw the house develop piece by piece, like a monumental sculpture. The smell of plaster is closely related to this first impression, ”she says about it.

Isabelle Farner studied with the German-Swiss architect Hannes Meyer in Zurich and moved to Paris in 1936 . There she studied with Marcel Gimond at the Académie Colarossi , with Robert Vlerick at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and with Charles Malfray at the Académie Ranson . After studying in Florence in 1937, she returned to Paris, where she met Alberto Giacometti , Georges Bataille , André Masson and her future husband, the writer Patrick Waldberg .

After marrying Patrick Waldberg, she took the name Isabelle Waldberg. After the birth of her son Michel Waldberg in 1940, Isabelle Waldberg traveled to New York in 1942 , where she lived for the next five years. There she joined a group of surrealist artists living in exile in the United States. Among them were André Breton , Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp . From 1947 to 1948 she was co-editor of the surrealist magazine Da Costa Encyclopédique .

Works (selection)

  • Le grand picucule , 1943
  • Laocoon , 1950
  • La Ruin , 1965
  • Portrait interior , 1967
  • Delescluze descend vers le Chateau d'Eau , 1973
  • Le Cypres dans la Cour , 1974
  • Portrait de Marcel Duchamp , 1950
  • Femme , 1972
  • Cavalier zen , 1979
  • Personnage étoile , 1988

Solo exhibitions

  • 1944 Isabelle Waldberg. Constructions . New York, Art of this Century Gallery. Curated by Peggy Guggenheim .
  • 1947 paraphernalia . Paris, Jeanne Bucher Gallery. 14 wooden structures.
  • 1952 Isabelle Waldberg and Jean-Paul Riopelle . Paris, Henriette Niepce Gallery. Constructions in iron together with watercolors.
  • 1960 Isabelle Waldberg . Paris, Galerie du Dragon. Curated by Max Clarac-Sérou, plaster sculptures and bronzes since 1953.
  • 1961 Isabelle Waldberg and Jean Cardot . Paris, Bourdelle Museum.
  • 1962 Exhibition for the Prix Bourdelle.
  • 1963 "Isabelle Waldberg: 'Opere di piccolo formato'". Galleria Cadario Milan. Tinted plaster sculptures and small bronzes.
  • 1967 Isabelle Waldberg . Amiens, Maison de la Culture d'Amiens.
  • 1969 Isabelle Waldberg . Paris, Georges Bongers Gallery.
  • 1973 Isabelle Waldberg - Sculptures . Colombes, Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture.
  • 1976 Isabelle Waldberg - Sculptures et Gouaches Irréalistes . Paris, Galerie des Grands Augustins.
  • 1978 Isabelle Waldberg - Sculptures . Paris, Hotel de Ville de Paris.
  • 1980 Isabelle Waldberg - sculptures, gouaches, dessins . Claude Givaudan Gallery, Geneva.
  • 1981 Isabelle Waldberg. Sculptures 1943–1980 . Bern, art museum. Retrospective curated by Hans Christoph von Tavel.
  • 1983 Isabelle Waldberg - Sculptures . Paris, Nova Park Elysee.
  • 1984 Isabelle Waldberg - Sculptures. New York 1943 - Paris 1983 . Paris, Artcurial Gallery. A retrospective curated by Dominique Le Buhan consisting of 49 constructions, bronzes, plaster works and objects.
  • 1984 Isabelle Waldberg. Sculptures and gouaches . Winterthur, gallery in the town hall passage. Curated by Hans Christoph von Tavel.
  • 1987 Isabelle Waldberg, Roseline Granet - Sculptures . Tarbes, Musee Massey, Orangery.
  • 1988 Isabelle Waldberg, sculpteur . Gauchy, Galerie de la Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs.
  • 1989 Isabelle Waldberg. Sculptures . Paris, Artcurial.
  • 1992 homage to Isabelle Waldberg . Paris, Artcurial.
  • 1993 Isabelle Waldberg, sculpture . Copenhagen, Mikael Andersen Gallery.
  • 1999 Isabelle Waldberg. Mémoire (s) . Chartres, Musée des Beaux-Arts.
  • 2000 Isabelle Waldberg. Portraitures . Paris, Philippe Gravier Gallery.
  • 2003 Isabelle Waldberg . Paris, L'Or du temps.
  • 2011 homage to Isabelle Waldberg . Paris, Martel-Greiner Gallery. Bronze work for the artist's 100th birthday.

Publications

Book illustrations

  • 1969 Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange: GB (Georges Bataille) ou un ami présomptueux . Title page by Isabelle Waldmann. Editions Le Soleil noir, Paris.
  • 1971 Claude Fournet and Elie Delamare-Deboutteville: “Echec au Grand Jeu?” Engravings by Isabelle Waldmann on pages 53 and 67.
  • 1988 Dominique Le Buhan: Les Heures inégales, poèmes de 1980–1987 . Mirage, Montpellier. Engraving frontispiece by Isabelle Waldmann. From the edition of 700 40 numbered and provided with originals by the artist.
  • 2015 Robert Lebel: Masque à lame . Mamco (Musée d'art moderne et contemporain), Geneva. ISBN 978-2-940159-70-3 . Facsimile of the original edition by Éditions Émisphères, New York 1943.

Catalogs of solo exhibitions

  • 1999 Isabelle Waldberg - sculptures , Editions de La Différence / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, Chartres.
  • 1988 Nicole Vatinel: Présentation and Propos recueillis dans l'atelier d'Isabelle Waldberg le 3 décembre 1987 . Galerie de la Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs, Gauchy.
  • 1987 Philippe Comte: Isabelle Waldberg . Musée Massey, Tarbes.
  • 1984 Robert Lebel: Réminiscence en clair-obscur d'une exposition d'Isabelle Waldberg and Dominique Le Buhan: Le geste véridique d'Isabelle Waldberg . Artcurial, Paris.
  • 1981 Michel Butor: Le Domaine de la Sibylle and Hans Christoph von Tavel: Isabelle Waldberg . Art Museum Bern.
  • 1980 Robert Lebel: Isabelle Waldberg - sculptures, gouaches, dessins . Editions Claude Givaudan, Geneva.
  • 1978 Isabelle Waldberg - sculptures . Association pour la promotion des Arts à l'Hôtel de ville de Paris.
  • 1976 Robert Lebel: Isabelle Waldberg . Galerie des Grands Augustins, Paris.
  • 1964 Hubert Juin: Waldberg . Cinéma du Ranelagh, Jacqueline Ranson Gallery, Paris.
  • 1962 Michel Dufet: Le Prix Bourdelle . Ville de Paris / Musée Bourdelle, Paris.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Waldberg, Isabelle - (Farner, Isabelle). In: Sikart. Lexicon on art in Switzerland. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ biography. In: isabellewaldberg.com. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  3. ^ A New Acquisition. In: frick.org - The Frick Collection. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Waldberg, Isabelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isabelle Margaretha Maria Farner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberstammheim
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1990
Place of death Chartres