Art collection Hans & Marlis Suter
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The art collection Hans & Marlis Suter is an art collection founded by Hans and Marlis Suter, which was shown in temporary exhibitions in Oberhofen on Lake Thun from 2004 to 2011 and has been presented to the public in Steffisburg since 2012 . The collection includes works of Swiss art from 20th century classical modernism. One focus is painters from the Lake Thun region, the canton of Bern and the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The first work in the collection was acquired in 1964.
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The Thun doctor Dr. med. Dr. In over 50 years, Hans Suter and his wife Marlis Suter have not only put together an important art collection, but have also written articles of art historical value, for example a book about Paul Klee's illness. Hans Suter was also President of the Steffisburg Art Commission, the Friends of the Art Museum Thun and the Association for the Promotion of Concerts in Thun for many years.
The extensive collection includes works by Cuno Amiet , René Auberjonois , Arnold Brügger , Etienne Clare , Marguerite Frey-Surbek , Paul Freiburghaus , Franz Gertsch , Wilhelm Gimmi, Alfred Glaus, Paul Gmünder, Nell Graber, Ueli Güdel, Regula Hadorn , Felix Hoffmann, Knud Jacobsen , Jakob Jenzer, Robert Indermaur, Marcel Kunz, Arthur Loosli, Eugène Martin, Jürg Maurer, Chantal Michel, Ernst Morgenthaler , Meret Oppenheim , Fritz Pauli , Gregor Rabinovitch , Markus Raetz , Ernst Ramseier , Henry Roulet, Niki de Saint Phalle , Robert Schär , Albert Schnyder , Ruth Schwob, Thomas Seilnacht, Fred Stauffer , Martha Stettler, Victor Surbek , Gottfried Tritten, Roman Tschabold , Karl Walser, Hugo Wetli , Bruno Wurster . Works by Helene Pflugshaupt and Bendicht Friedli are mainly represented. Monographs on both were published as part of the exhibitions. The collection also includes sculptures by Otto Charles Bänninger , Rolf Brem , Max Fueter , Karl Geiser , Hermann Hubacher , Robert Indermaur, Gottfried Keller , Marcel Perincioli , Paul Roth , Ernst Schneider and Walter Loosli .
Exhibitions
The exhibitions are financed by a sponsoring association and donations. The community of Steffisburg provides additional services. From 2004 to 2011 the historical "Wichterheergut" in Oberhofen on Lake Thun served as an exhibition space. Since 2012, the collection has been made accessible to the public in further temporary exhibitions in the also historic "Höchhus" in Steffisburg . Representative works by several artists from the collection are usually shown each year. At the vernissages and in public tours you can get information about their life and work.
Exhibitions in the "Wichterheergut", Oberhofen
- 2004: mountains and lakes
- 2004: Helene Pflugshaupt
- 2005: People and Cities
- 2005: Paul Gmünder, Etienne Clare , Alfred Glaus
- 2006: The woman as an artist
- 2006: Bendicht Friedli - a retrospective
- 2007: Face to Face
- 2007: Victor Surbek , Fred Stauffer , Hugo Wetli
- 2008: flora and fauna
- 2009: Homage à la Romandie and sculptures / drawings by Ernst Schneider
- 2010: Encounters (with Chantal Michel, among others)
- 2010: Helene Pflugshaupt
- 2011: Bendicht Friedli and Hans Suter
- 2011: Victor Surbek and Marguerite Frey-Surbek
Exhibitions in the "Höchhus", Steffisburg
- 2012: Paul Gmünder
- 2013: Alfred Glaus and Jürg Maurer
- 2014: Werner Engel, Etienne Clare and Knud Jacobsen
- 2014: Helene Pflugshaupt , Regula Hadorn and Nell Graber
- 2015: Hugo Wetli and Adrien Holy
- 2015: Fred Stauffer and Albert Schnyder
- 2016: Paul Freiburghaus and Bruno Wurster
- 2016: Robert Indermaur and Chantal Michel
- 2017: dream worlds
literature
- Peter Killer, Irene Stoll: Art Collection Hans & Marlis Suter. Stämpfli 2005, ISBN 978-3-72721105-8 .
Web links
- Website of the Suter Collection
- Film about the Suter Collection on YouTube
- Website of the Association of Museums in the Canton of Bern about the Suter Collection
- Article in the Berner Zeitung by Marie-Louise Zimmermann on the exhibition Traumwelten on August 12, 2017
- Suter collection in the art bulletin
Individual evidence
- ^ Marie-Louise Zimmermann: Hans and Marlis Suter - the keepers of Bern art. In: Thuner Tagblatt / Berner Oberländer / Berner Zeitung , August 12, 2017.
- ↑ Peter Killer, Irene Stoll: Suter Collection. Stämpfli, Bern 2005, ISBN 978-3727211058
- ^ Nicole Bröhan: Swiss art collectors and their passion. Scheidegger Spiess, Zurich 2013 (about the Suter Collection on pp. 141–144)
- ^ Marie-Louise Zimmermann: The preservers of Bernese art. Berner Zeitung, online edition of August 12, 2017, available at: [1]
- ^ Christine Hunkeler: Hans Suter - a passionate art collector. In: ThunerseeLiebi, 1/2014, Weber, Thun / Gwatt 2014, p. 69.
- ↑ Hans Suter: Paul Klee and his illness, beaten by fate, marked by suffering - and yet! Stämpfli, Bern 2006, ISBN 978-3-72721106-5 .
- ↑ Hans Suter: Paul Klee et sa maladie. Actelion, Paris 2007.
- ↑ Hans Suter: Paul Klee and His Illness. Karger, Basel 2010.
- ↑ Peter Killer: Bendicht Friedli or the path is created by walking. Haupt, Bern 1989, ISBN 978-3-25804138-4 .
- ↑ Peter Killer, Hans Suter: Helene Pflugshaupt. Stämpfli 1994, ISBN 978-3-72729648-2 .
- ^ Peter Killer: Bendicht Friedli, draftsman and painter. Stämpfli 2000, ISBN 978-3-72729965-0 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 ' N , 7 ° 38' E ; CH1903: 615.17 thousand / one hundred and eighty thousand seven hundred fifty