Ludwig Demarmels

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Ludwig Demarmels Ski jumping
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday September 4, 1917
place of birth Stürvis ,  SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
date of death July 18, 1992
Place of death Romanshorn ,  SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Career
National squad since 1940
Medal table
National medals 2 × gold ? ×silver ? ×bronze
Logo of the Swiss Ski Association Swiss championships
gold 1940 Gstaad singles
gold 1946 Davos singles
 

Ludwig Demarmels (born September 4, 1917 in Stürvis ; † July 18, 1992 in Romanshorn ) was a Swiss skier and painter .

Career

Athletic career

Demarmels competed in Nordic skiing between 1940 and 1946 on a national and international level and was particularly successful in ski jumping . At the Swiss Ski Championships in Gstaad in 1940 and in Davos in 1946 , he was Swiss champion in individual ski jumping.

In 1941 he was part of the Swiss contingent for the Ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, which were subsequently declared invalid, and was 16th in the ski jumping competition of Trampolino Italia as the best federal representative with jumps over 56.0 and 65.0 meters.

Artistic career

Demarmels spent most of his childhood in Davos after his father started working there as a teacher. He left the place for a four-year apprenticeship as a decorative painter in Zofingen .

During this time Demarmels began to paint under the guidance of the then Davos spa director and artist Walter Kern . In 1938 he exhibited his works for the first time together with his friend and wood carver Walter Trauffer. From 1941 to 1944 Demarmels attended the private Henry Wabel art academy in Zurich .

In 1947 Demarmels bought his own painting business and in 1951 moved with his entire painting inventory and his employees to his later adopted home Romanshorn in order to build up a respected decorative painting business. In 1968 Demarmels became a freelance artist.

Demarmels left an extensive and varied artistic legacy. In addition to the traditional artistic techniques and the academically handed down composition methods, he tried out new techniques and modern materials.

After death

In 2001 a street was named after him in his hometown Romanshorn in honor of Demarmel . On November 3, 2011, a previously established working group founded the “Ludwig Demarmels Association”. The association looks after the Demarmels house at Amriswilerstrasse 44, where the studio and exhibition rooms are regularly opened to visitors.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1938 Hotel Bristol, Davos
  • 1962 Beno Gallery, Zurich
  • 1972 Rütihof, Romanshorn
  • 1973 Piz Mitgel, Savognin
  • 1973 Sternacker Gallery, St. Gallen
  • 1973 Burkartshof Gallery, Neukirch / Egnach
  • 1975 Kunsthäusle, Singen / Germany
  • 1976 Guarda Val Gallery, Sporz / Lenzerheide
  • 1976 Galerie Seminar Kreuzlingen
  • 1977 Arben Art Gallery, Zurich
  • 1977 Burkartshof Gallery, Neukirch / Egnach
  • 1978 Sala Segantini Gallery, Savognin
  • 1980 Burkartshof Gallery, Neukirch / Egnach
  • 1980 Instituction Cultural Argentino Germania, Buenos Aires
  • 1981 Cercle du Lundi Gallery, Chur
  • 1981 Paul Lüdin Gallery, Basel
  • 1983 Casa Lai Gallery, Lenzerheide
  • 1983 Gallery Schloss Watt, Mörschwil / St. Gallen
  • 1984 ASOKA Gallery, Klosters
  • 1985 Zyt Gallery, Sempach
  • 1986 Haffter-Keller, Weinfelden
  • 1987 Burkartshof Gallery, Neukirch / Egnach
  • 1988 Galleria Poltera, Lugano-Cassarate
  • 1988 Promenade Gallery, Davos
  • 1988 art in the old rifle house, Zofingen
  • 1990 Gallery Noelle Zumofen, Uster
  • 1990 Bodensee Gallery, Altenrhein
  • 1991 Gallaria Sursilvana, Ilanz
  • 1991 Roseg Gallery, Pontresina
  • 1992 Haffter-Keller, Weinfelden (memorial exhibition)
  • 1992 Gallery 63, Klosters (memorial exhibition)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f On the 20th anniversary of Ludwig Demarmels' death (PDF) Seeblick. July 13, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ In memoria da Ludwig Demarmels . Engadine Post . May 26, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ 40th Swiss ski race in Davos. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume XLI, 1947. pp. 72-78.
  4. ^ "Again Suomi on the last day!"; “Sport Zürich” No. 17 of February 10, 1941, pages 4 and 5
  5. ^ Thurgauer Jahrbuch: Nekrolog für Ludwig Demarmels. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ biography . Ludwig Demarmels Association. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Demarmels, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss skier and painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Stürvis , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1992
Place of death Romanshorn , Switzerland