Kurt Hediger
Kurt Hediger (born November 6, 1932 in Rothrist ) is a Swiss painter .
Life
Kurt Hediger was born on November 6, 1932 in Rothrist. He initially trained as a primary school teacher at the Wettingen teacher training college. He then attended the Zurich School of Applied Arts , the École des Beaux-Arts and the École Estienne in Paris as well as the stage design class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . The meeting with Ernst Gubler and his brother Max Gubler was of decisive importance for his further artistic development .
Kurt Hediger has exhibited regularly since 1958, first in Switzerland, later also in Austria , Germany , France , Italy , Spain , Malta , Crete , countries that he has all traveled to since his youth, and later also Russia , Yemen and Syria .
In 1977 and 1980 he traveled to Peru , where he was particularly fascinated by the bright light of the Andean city of Ayacucho , and to Bolivia . He stayed in both countries for three months. Further extensive trips led him to North America and New Zealand .
He was close friends with the writer Wolfgang Hildesheimer and the actor Gert Westphal .
Kurt Hediger has lived and worked in Reinach AG since 1965 and has two sons, one of whom is the film scholar Vinzenz Hediger .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1959: Rotapfel-Galerie, Zurich
- 1964: Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
- 1970: Galerie Schaller, Stuttgart, Kornhaus, Baden, Rotapfel-Galerie, Zurich, foreword: Gert Westphal
- 1974: Bottega di Cimabue, Florence, foreword: Wolfgang Hildesheimer
- 1980: Museo de Arte, La Paz (Bolivia), Museo de Arte, Lima (Peru), Oruro University (Bolivia)
- 1987–88: Gallery at the Kornhaus, Bremgarten AG
- 1991: Galerie Frankengasse, Zurich
- 1997: Association of Museum Schneggli, Reinach AG
- 1995: Wolfsberg Art Salon , Zurich
- 2003: Müllerhaus, Lenzburg
- 2014: Gallery Schlössli, Gontenschwil
Publications
- Ayacucho. Sketches and notes by Kurt Hediger. Çoban Verlag, Lenzburg 1982.
- Kurt Hediger. With a contribution by Gert Westphal, Baden Verlag, Baden 1991, ISBN 3-85545-050-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hediger, Kurt. In: Sikart
- ^ Aargauer Zeitung: Painter Kurt Hediger brings brooks and rivers and Schlossli
Web links
- Kurt Hediger's website
- Literature by and about Kurt Hediger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hediger, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothrist , Switzerland |