Kurt Volk
Kurt Volk (born September 19, 1919 in Basel ; † July 26, 1993 ibid) was a Swiss painter and glass painter .
Life
Kurt Volk was born the youngest of seven children. His mother, Christina Volk-Bizer, was a master cook in a mansion in the Gellert district. The father Gotthold Volk was stable master of a manor house in the same quarter.
Volk completed his initial training as a flat painter in Basel. He received his second training with a four-year Basel art scholarship at the Basel School of Applied Arts from Arnold Fiechter , Theo Eble and Walter Bodmer . He spent practical years of apprenticeship in glass painting with Charles Hindenlang , Basel.
His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions. Volk was the winner of various competitions for the Basler Kunstkredit. He died in Basel in 1993.
Works (selection)
- Public works
- Frescoes in the high-rise Kannenfeld (Basel)
- Majolica wall in the Niederholz school building in Riehen
- Glass compositions
- in Basel:
- Basel youth home
- Hospital nurses school
- Eye clinic
- Hirzbrunnen elementary school
- Rhine Shipping Office
- Allschwil cemetery
- Reformed Church Bottmingen
- in Basel:
- Design of the Pro Patria stamp in 1971
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration and description ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Swiss Pro Patria Foundation, accessed on April 7, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volk, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and glass painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1993 |
| Place of death | Basel |