Kurt Fahrner

Kurt Ernst Fahrner (born December 4, 1932 in Basel ; † September 13, 1977 there ) was a Swiss painter and action artist .

The woman was a recurring motif in his works . His picture of a crucified woman of our time from 1959 caused a stir at the time. In 1964 he was awarded the European Prize for Painting (Europaprijs voor Schilderkunst van de Stad Oostende) in Ostend. In 1964, 1965 and 1967 he received the Federal Art Scholarship. In 1967 he took part in the Paris Biennale at the invitation of the Federal Department of Home Affairs . He also worked as a bookplate artist .

Kurt Fahrner was a member of the Farnsburg group . He died in 1977.

literature

Diana Fahrner, Markus Wildi: Kurt Fahrner, The entire work . With contributions by Peter F. Althaus, Diana Fahrner and Gabriella Meier and a foreword by Jean-Christoph Ammann. Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7245-0970-7 .
Diana Fahrner, Markus Wildi: Fahrner, Kurt Ernst . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 36, Saur, Munich a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-598-22776-0 , p. 246.
Tapan Bhattacharya: Fahrner, Kurt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2004 .
Hans-Peter Wittwer: Fahrner, Kurt. In: Sikart (as of: 1998/2017), accessed on October 27, 2019.
Jean-Christophe Ammann : willing to integrate, relational, helpful - Kurt Fahrner - mystical, dreamy, frivolous - his work. In: Basler Stadtbuch . 1977, ( online baslerstadtbuch.ch - PDF 15.2 MB )

Tapan Bhattacharya: Fahrner, Kurt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 10, 2004 , accessed June 10, 2019 .

↑ Fahrner, Kurt. In: Manfred Neureiter (Hrsg.): Lexicon of ex-libris artists. 4th edition. Pro Business, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86460-394-5 , p. 189.

personal data
SURNAME	Fahrner, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fahrner, Kurt Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss painter and action artist
DATE OF BIRTH	4th December 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1977
Place of death	Basel