Jean Bünter

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Jean Bünter in his studio
Iron sculpture encounter
Glass window cath. Zumikon church

Jean Bünter (born July 1, 1923 in Zurich ; † June 22, 1986 in Zumikon ) was a Swiss painter and iron sculptor.

life and work

Jean Bünter grew up in Zurich and completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter from 1940–1944 . In the middle of his engineering studies , Jean Bünter turned to art. He lived in Paris from 1946 to 1950 , where he graduated from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière a . a. with Othon Friesz and Ossip Zadkine . His encounter with the cubist Fernand Léger , with whom he worked for six months in 1948, was formative for him . After various stays abroad u. a. in Russia and China, Jean Bünter lived in the Zurich region from 1950. In addition to his sculptures in public spaces and the designs in sacred buildings, Jean Bünter also worked as an illustrator for publications of the works of Silja Walter and Georg Trakl . Jean Bünter was married to Anita Bünter-Hippenmeyer; the couple had two daughters, Corinne Hochstrasser-Bünter and Daniela Zwinggi-Bünter.

Jean Bünter's artistic affinity to German Expressionism was evident from 1953 onwards in his turn to woodcut and its linear design. Important topics in Bünter's work were religious and humane motifs, which he implemented in various techniques and new forms of expression.

  • Stained glass window

  • Jean Bünter Glasfenster.jpg

  • Asphalt picture

  • Work exhibition

  • Iron relief

  • Iron relief four elements

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1960 Rebstein SG Catholic Church , glass window, weekday chapel
  • 1961 Trinity iron relief for the Netstal GL metal goods factory
  • 1964–1965 Chapel in the Capuchin Monastery of Zurich: Stained glass window Canticle of the Sun of St. Francis
  • 1966 Kantonsspital Nidwalden in Stans: Glass window Birth - Life - Death in the funeral room
  • 1967–1968 Catholic Church of Liebfrauen Zurich: Community iron relief in the entrance hall to the parish hall
  • 1969 Triemli City Hospital Zurich: iron partition with built-in glass windows Life and joy in the funeral room
  • 1971–1972 Catholic Church Herz Jesu Zürich-Wiedikon : 40 stained glass windows on the theme of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • 1972–1973 Werdgässchen Retirement Home Zurich-Aussersihl: Iron relief encounter
  • 1976–1977 Multi-purpose building in Affoltern am Albis : iron relief four elements
  • 1979 Bank Hoffmann Zurich: wood relief path
  • 1980–1982 Brother Klaus Zumikon Catholic Church : overall design with altar, tabernacle and glass windows
  • 1981 St. Othmar Retirement Home , Zurich: Two glass windows, life and choir design of the chapel
  • 1983–1984 Iron relief light for Schneider AG Apparatebau Pfäffikon ZH
  • 1985 Zumikon parish hall : glass painting four elements in the entrance hall
  • 1986 Chapel in the monastery of the Marianists in Friborg: overall design and glass windows

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zürichsee-Zeitung . 1980, Issue No. 263 (November 11).

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personal data
SURNAME Bünter, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and iron sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1986
Place of death Zumikon