Margherita Osswald

Margherita Osswald-Toppi (born January 17, 1897 in Anticoli Corrado ( resident in Zurich ), † March 28, 1971 in Rome ) was a Swiss painter and sculptor . She was known for her sensitive, impressionist painting.

life and work

Margherita Osswald lived with her husband, also an artist, in Ascona in the Casa San Cristoforo at the old port since 1919 . Before and during the Second World War, her works still had a pronounced historical-patriotic orientation. In 1933 she created two female figures for the Chiasso station concourse. These symbolize Switzerland and Italy.

In 1939 she created the facade painting Grape Harvest for the Grotto ticinese at the Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich and in 1941 the wall painting on the house "zur Münz" in Zurich, which has since been destroyed.

In 2009 the “Museum Hermann Hesse” in Montagnola presented the exhibition: “Women on the edge ... or the other perspective - Hermann Hesse and Maria Holzleitner, Elisabeth Rupp and Margherita Osswald-Toppi”. All three women were friends with Hesse.

literature

Werner von der Schulenburg : Margherita Osswald-Toppi. In: Das Werk, Architektur und Kunst, Vol. 18, 1931, pp. 65–68.
Eva Zimmermann: "I work and am happy." The sculptor and painter Margherita Osswald-Toppi. ISBN 88-89462-03-5 .
Museo Hermann Hesse, Montagnola (ed.): Encounters on the Collina d'Oro. Hermann Hesse, Maria Holzleitner, Margherita Osswald-Toppi. 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ The work, architecture and art: 1933, sculpture in the Chisasso station hall. In: Vol. 21, 1934, pp. 40-41. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
↑ Alex Winiger: 1938, facade painting «Grape Harvest» for the Grotto ticinese. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
↑ The work, architecture and art: facade painting, Haus zum Münz. In: Vol. 28, 1941 p. 333. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Osswald, Margherita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Osswald-Toppi, Margherita (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Anticoli Corrado , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1971
Place of death	Rome , Italy

[1] The work, architecture and art: 1933, sculpture in the Chisasso station hall. In: Vol. 21, 1934, pp. 40-41. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .

[2] Alex Winiger: 1938, facade painting «Grape Harvest» for the Grotto ticinese. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .

[3] The work, architecture and art: facade painting, Haus zum Münz. In: Vol. 28, 1941 p. 333. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .