Maja Heller Schucan

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Maja Elisabeth Heller Schucan (married name in the first marriage: Maja Elisabeth Heller-Klauser ; born March 22, 1912 in Herisau ; † January 4, 2000 in Eglisau ) was a Swiss sculptor , illustrator and author from the inter and post-war period.

Life

Maja Klauser was a niece of the painter Hans Brühlmann and sister of the photographer Hans Peter Klauser . She received her training in Zurich with Hans Gisler and Alphonse Magg, from 1933 in Paris with drawing with Ossip Lubitch and at the Académie Colarossi . On the advice of the art dealer Kaganowitsch, she took modeling lessons from Ernst Heller , whom she married in late 1934. In her first marriage she was called Maja Heller-Klauser . The marriage resulted in their son Matthias Heller (* 1938), who later ran his own architectural office in Zurich and published several publications, including a memorial in 2003 about his mother.

Her friends included the artist Walter Sautter, the sculptor Cornelia Forster and the sculptors Cesare Ferronato and Silvio Mattioli . In 1938 she moved to her own studio in Eglisau . In 1942 she published a book of fairy tales. Maja Heller-Klauser worked as a portraitist , small sculptor, ceramist and draftsman, but also supported her with her first husband, who died in 1972. In 1974 she organized his memorial exhibition and published a biography with a catalog of works. In 1983 she got married to the chemist Hans L. Schucan and from then on went by the name Maja Heller Schucan . His death in 1985 was dealt with by her in a further large work surge.

The early work from Paris includes playful small cacottas , the main works Mädchen am Abgrund , Gips, 1933, WK P3 and Kneeling, upward looking , Gips 1934, WK P24. Their significance sets them apart from Ernst Heller's works. 1940–1960 she mainly created commissioned works such as small sculptures, portrait drawings and busts, and from 1960 glazed ceramics. After about 1970 she increasingly produced larger works. Her experiments with new techniques such as working with wax, plaster of paris and colored earth express the will to free oneself from the study of nature in order to increase expressivity. After an accident at work, I made a series of abstract collages . Several works on the subject of Icarus as collages or sculptures form her answer to the loss of her second husband. Her attitude as an artist and person is exemplarily noticeable in the small sculpture Water for All , Bronze, 1991, WK P130, which she made available to UNICEF .

Works

Works in public space (selection)

  • Bülach:
    • Commercial building, people between wheels. Relief in glazed stoneware, 1972, WK P72, broken off in 2010.
    • House to the pelican, pelican on pillar. Bronze, 1987, WK P113.
  • Eglisau:
    • Parish hall, reliefs in the stairwell: voters, bridal couple, grape harvest. Terracotta, 1957, in cooperation with Ernst H.
    • At the ditch: two pigeons. Bronze, 1988, WK P119
    • Retirement home: girls in a circle. Bronze, 1973, WK P76.
  • Zurich
    • Switzerland. Nursing School: Annunciation. Terracotta relief, 1937, WK P35

Other works (selection)

  • Kneeling, looking up. Plaster of paris, height 89 cm, Paris 1934. Catalog of works P24.
  • Inge (2nd version). Bronze, H. 85 cm, Paris 1934 / Eglisau approx. 1980. Works catalog P 9.
  • Ballerina. Bronze, h. 38 cm. Eglisau 1975/76. Works catalog P82.
  • Girl in a circle. Bronze, ∅ 80 cm. Eglisau 1978. Works catalog P7.
  • Pelican, medium size. Bronze, h. 23.5 cm. Eglisau 1985. Works catalog P111.
  • Duo. Collage 46.5 × 25 cm, Eglisau 1987. Work catalog C9.
  • Water for everyone. Bronze, H 13.5 cm, Eglisau 1991. Works catalog P130.

Books (selection)

  • Maya Heller-Klauser: Twelve Fairy Tales. Narrated and illustrated, Benzinger & Co., 1942
  • Maja Heller: Ernst Heller 1894–1972 life and work. Eglisau 1974. (On the occasion of the memorial exhibition, ibid.)
  • Maja Heller-Klauser: Zöttelibei , artist's book, numbered edition of 100, children's book with drawings. Published by the community of heirs Maja Schucan-Heller, May 2001

literature

  • Matthias Heller: Maja Heller Schucan. Memorial. Self-published, 2003.
  • Matthias Heller, Renate Treydel: Heller-Klauser, Maja. In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 71. de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023176-2 , p. 345.
  • Heller, Maja (née Klauser; married Schucan). In: Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century - Biographical and Bibliographical Handbook. De Gruyter, Berlin 2011, Volume XVI, ISBN 978-3-11-023162-5 , p. 321. Online

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans L. Schucan: On the knowledge of 1-amino-2-aethoxynaphthalene-6-sulfonic acid , doctoral thesis, ETH Zurich, 1935.
personal data
SURNAME Heller Schucan, Maja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klauser, Maja Elisabeth (maiden name); Heller-Klauser, Maja Elisabeth (married name, first marriage); Heller Schucan, Maja Elisabeth (name since the 2nd marriage)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor, draftsman and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2000
Place of death Eglisau