Jacques Ernst Sonderegger

Jacques Ernst Sonderegger (born December 24, 1882 in Thusis ; died February 17, 1956 Bern ) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist .

Life

Sonderegger studied law. He was friends with Alfred Kubin and Paul Klee , whom he drew attention to James Ensor and Vincent van Gogh . Sonderegger created a graphic work characterized by Art Nouveau influences.

Herwarth Walden exhibited the watercolor The failure from the kiosk owned by Klee at the First German Autumn Salon in 1913 .

Sonderegger's work was and is little noticed. A first retrospective took place in Bern in 1974. In the holdings of the Kubin House in Zwickledt , a large number of graphics are curated by the Upper Austrian State Museum (approx. 130 objects).

Sonderegger's places of residence were Balgach and Pratval .

literature

Sonderegger, Jacques Ernst . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 274 .
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich). Graphic collection: woodcuts. Jacques Ernst Sonderegger, 1882–1956; Emil Burki, 1894–1952. Catalog, 1976.
Homage to Jacques Ernest Sonderegger: Exhibition. Galerie Art + Vision, Bern, April 6 - May 4, 1974. Catalog Bern, 1974.

Web links

Jacques Ernst Sonderegger. In: Sikart
Works in the Kubin House (PDF; 5.8 MB) at the Upper Austrian State Museum
Paul Klee - Jacques Ernst Sonderegger. The correspondence
Jacques Ernst Sonderegger (Swiss, 1882–1956). artnet.de

Individual evidence

↑ Sonderegger's influence on Klee, see Stephan Dahme: “Build your own garden ...”. Paul Klee's illustrations for Voltaire's “Candide” as a breakthrough in the development of his early graphic work ( epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de PDF; 625 kB), Master's thesis LMU 2006.
↑ Catalog number 333, First German Autumn Salon: Berlin 1913. Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin 1913, reprint, ISBN 3-88375-082-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sonderegger, Jacques Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sonderegger, Ernst; Sonderegger, Jacques Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thusis
DATE OF DEATH	17th February 1956
Place of death	Bern

[1] Sonderegger's influence on Klee, see Stephan Dahme: “Build your own garden ...”. Paul Klee's illustrations for Voltaire's “Candide” as a breakthrough in the development of his early graphic work ( epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de PDF; 625 kB), Master's thesis LMU 2006.

[2] Catalog number 333, First German Autumn Salon: Berlin 1913. Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin 1913, reprint, ISBN 3-88375-082-4 .