Jos Nünlist

Jos Nünlist (born May 17, 1936 in Niedererlinsbach ; † September 27, 2013 in Aarau ) was a Swiss painter , graphic artist and author .

Live and act

Jos Nünlist grew up in Niedererlinsbach, attended schools in Aarau and Solothurn , trained as a primary school teacher and worked in this profession for four years. In 1976 he began to work as an autodidact with the fine arts , especially painting and graphics. He was also active as a writer and combined his texts with his graphics, drawings, watercolors and woodcuts.

Jos Nünlist spent a long time studying in Paris and other European countries. He lived in Aarau.

Awards

• 2006: Prize for painting from the Canton of Solothurn

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 1978: Esther Hufschmid Gallery, Zurich
• 1983: Olten Art Museum
• 1994: Originals from Zeitlaub and new pictures , Palais Besenval cantonal cultural center , Solothurn
• 1995: Solothurn Art Museum
• 1998: Galerie Silvia Steiner, Biel , with Christian Rothacher
• 2000: Gallery Hans-Trudel-Haus, Baden
• 2001: J. Gloor & E. Vogel workshop gallery, Aarau
• 2007: Galerie Hans-Trudel-Haus, Baden

Group exhibitions

• 1974: 11 Solothurn artists , Arte Arena Gallery, Dübendorf ZH and Olten Art Museum
• 1984: Galerie Hartmann, St. Gallen, with Heiner Kielholz, Christian Rothacher and Leo Walz
• 1985: Herzog, Nünlist, Roesch, Schärer, Suter, Winnewisser , Galerie Elisabeth Staffelbach, Lenzburg
• 1994: Outside worlds - inside worlds, landscape in contemporary art , cantonal cultural center Palais Besenval, Solothurn
• 2001: A look at Solothurn: Cantonal acquisitions 1990–2000 , Solothurn Art Museum
• 2002: Trudel-Haus gallery, Baden
• 2007: Selection 07 , Aargauer Kunsthaus , annual exhibition
• 2007: Olten around 1970 - the glorious years , Olten town hall
• 2007: Black on White , Alte Fabrik Rapperswil-Jona (Bosshard Collection)
• 2007: Lust Kerne Buecher - artist books , Müllerhaus Lenzburg
• 2008: Selection 08 , Aargauer Kunsthaus, annual exhibition
• 2008: Love at first sight , Hans-Trudel-Haus gallery, Baden

Working in public space

• Aargauer Kunsthaus
• Cultural Office of the City of Aarau
• Baden Art Commission
• Art Museum Olten
• Art (stuff) house Rapperswil-Jona, collection Peter and Elisabeth Bosshard
• Canton of Solothurn

Publications

• Martin Disler. Dossier: Works from the 1970s + picture cycle “February '91”. Exhibition from August 24 to October 27, 1991. Texts: Martin Disler , Jos Nünlist, André Kamber. Kunstmuseum Solothurn 1991, ISBN 3-906663-26-4 .
• Time leaves. Texts, drawings and watercolors. Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1994, ISBN 3-7294-0093-2 .
• Cowslip. Poems and woodcuts. Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1999, ISBN 3-7294-0283-8 .
• Quaking grass. Texts and pictures. Waldgut, Frauenfeld 2000, ISBN 3-7294-0294-3 . ( Review on perlentaucher.de )
• Tearstone Sun Star. Poems and woodcuts. Waldgut, Frauenfeld 2006, ISBN 3-03740-097-8 .

literature

• Madeleine Schüpfer: Jos Nünlist - portrait of a multi-talented artist. In Oltner Neujahrsblätter. Akademia, Olten 1980 ( online ).
• Roswitha Hohl-Schild: Outside Worlds - Inner Worlds, Landscape in Contemporary Art. Documentation. Cantonal cultural center Palais Besenval, Solothurn 1994.
• Annelise Zwez: Jos Nünlist. With buzzers and angel balls. In search of the light. In Aarauer Neujahrsblätter 1996.
• Peter Killer: A thirteen-fold departure: Jos Nünlist. In: Olten around 1970: The glorious years - Kunstverein Olten, 2007 Kunstverein Olten 2007.
• Evelyne Baumberger: Listen to the silent pictures. Art. Fine sensitivity in the works of Jos Nünlist. In: Aargauer Zeitung , AZ Live, 11. – 17. October 2007

Web links

• Literature by and about Jos Nünlist in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography on kunstbreite.ch

Individual evidence

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