Leni Heitz-Frey

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Leni Heitz-Frey (born June 10, 1928 in Wildegg , † September 28, 1998 in Nepal , resident in Auenstein , Basel and St. Moritz ) was a Swiss drawing teacher , painter , wood cutter and violinist .

life and work

Leni Heitz-Frey grew up in a musical family with three sisters in Wildegg and attended the district school in Lenzburg . There she was u. a. Taught by the drawing teacher and painter Wilhelm Dietschi (1899–1978).

She then completed the teachers' seminar in Aarau . She then studied with Ernst Gubler (1895–1958) at the Zurich School of Applied Arts and graduated in 1949 with a diploma in drawing. She also studied art history for a few semesters at the University of Zurich .

Leni Heitz-Frey teaches at various schools and also worked as a freelance artist. From 1953 to 1955 she worked at the Swiss Alpine Middle School in Davos and had her first exhibition together with Victor Surbek .

Leni Heitz-Frey married Hansjürg Heitz in 1957 and lived with him and their two children in St. Moritz. In addition to her upbringing and household chores, she worked in her husband's shoe shop and was able to show her artistic work in solo and group exhibitions.

Her works, which include landscapes, still lifes, cat pictures, interiors and portraits, are in various techniques and a. Executed in oil and water colors as well as wood and linocut. These can be seen in public spaces and private collections. On the occasion of the 18th “Swiss Exhibition of Alpine Art” in Lucerne , Leni Heitz-Frey received the second “Prix Meuly” art prize in 1989. In addition, she had been a member of the Swiss Mountain Painters Guild since 1991 .

Leni Heitz-Frey was a co-founder of the “Upper Engandin Music School” in St. Moritz. For decades, Leni Heitz-Frey was the first female concertmaster in the choir founded by Rudolf Aschmann . Aschmann repeatedly engaged her as such in his guest performances in the Engadine . She was also a member of the “Engadine Baroque Ensemble”, played chamber music and worked in quartets.

The musical painter Leni Heitz-Frey died of a heart failure while traveling in Nepal.

literature

  • Gisela Kuoni: Farewell to the painter Leni Heitz-Frey. In: Bündner Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte Graubünden, Vol. 42, 2000, pp. 8–15 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Doris Fässler: Gubler, Ernst. Sikart (as of 2017), accessed on August 6, 2020 .
  2. ^ Exhibitions by Leni Heitz-Frey. Bündner Jahrbuch 2000, accessed on August 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Heitz-Frey, Leni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frey, Leni (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss drawing teacher, painter and wood cutter
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wildegg
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1998
Place of death Nepal