Jakob Wäch
Jakob Wäch (born January 10, 1893 in Glarus ; † November 23, 1918 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist from the canton of Glarus .
Life
Jakob Wäch, who grew up as the son of a butcher in Glarus, decided on an artistic career and was trained in St. Gallen and, from 1911, in Munich . After his return to Switzerland when the First World War broke out , he became friends with the painter and aircraft manufacturer Alexander Leo Soldenhoff (1882–1951). He died of the Spanish flu in 1918 . His oeuvre that has survived comprises around 100 drawings and 30 oil paintings , the most important of which is the large self-portrait from 1917. A first monograph on the artist and his work was published for the exhibition Auf ein Bild in autumn 1997 at the Kunsthaus Glarus .
literature
- Roman Kurzmeyer: For a picture. Jakob Wäch (1893–1918) . Stroemfeld, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-87877-623-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Jakob Wäch in the catalog of the German National Library
- On a picture , exhibition at Kunsthaus Glarus 2007
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wäch, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glarus |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1918 |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |