Martin Lauterburg

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Martin Lauterburg (born May 14, 1891 in Neuenegg ; † June 9, 1960 in Bern ) was a Swiss graphic artist , draftsman and painter .

Life

The pastor's son Martin Lauterburg lived in his birthplace Neuenegg until 1898 . Karl Stauffer-Bern lived in the same house before him . After the early death of his father, he spent his childhood in the Burgerlichen boys orphanage in Bern. Until his Matura in 1909 at the Free Gymnasium, he often visited his mother on the grandparents' Haspelgut in Bern and also took lessons in landscape painting from Ernst Linck . From 1909 to 1910 he took a semester in philosophy and philology at the University of Neuchâtel . The musically gifted Lauterburg played the piano all his life. From 1910 to 1913 he studied at the arts and crafts school in Munich with Robert Engels and Julius Diez . Lauterburg drew inspiration from studies in the Alte and Neue Pinakothek on works by Altdorfer, Dürer, Goya, Rubens and Velásquez. In 1919 he became a member of the New Secession . He often stayed with his brother Otto, who was pastor in Saanen and at times in 1919 and 1921 in Montagnola , where he also became acquainted with Hermann Hesse . Travels took him to Amsterdam in 1925, where he was influenced by Rembrandt's paintings, and to Paris in 1932. In 1935 he returned from Munich to Bern. In 1936 his mother died and Lauterburg then lived with his sister Therese. There was a close friendship with the painter Cuno Amiet . In 1951 he gave Winston Churchill , together with Cuno Amiet, painting lessons in England. Martin Lauterburg lived with his sister in Bern's Länggasse until his death in 1960 .

Lauterburg's estate is in the Bern Burger Library .

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Initially Lauterburg painted landscapes and interiors in a late impressionist style. From 1917 he created pictures with a religious content and the first self-portrait as well as flower pictures, with which he found his own painting style. The portraits created in the following years, such as that of Ricarda Huch in the Kunstmuseum Bern , earned him recognition. He became widely known for his realistically painted geranium pictures. In addition, he developed an expressive style in which he presented himself in his studio in the midst of all kinds of props. His studies at the Old Masters and membership of the New Secession shaped his painting.

The Martin Lauterburg Foundation, founded by his brother Otto in 1973, was transferred to the Kunstmuseum Bern in 2014. A comprehensive cross-section of his work, supplemented with pictures from the museum's collection, is shown in an extensive exhibition.

Awards

  • 1937: Golden Laurel of the Vienna Fine Arts Cooperative.
  • 1959: Honorary member of the Munich Academy.

Exhibitions

  • from 1919: regular participation in the Christmas exhibition, Kunsthalle Bern
  • 1930: Solo exhibition, Kunsthalle Bern
  • 1941: with 12 exhibits at the "Swiss Sculptors and Painters" exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich
  • 1948: Solo exhibition at the Beaux-Arts gallery in Paris.
  • 1951: Solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bern
  • 1961: Memorial exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern
  • 2014: Exhibition August Gaul, Martin Lauterburg , Kunstmuseum Bern

literature

  • Martin Lauterburg. With e. Introduction by Ulrich Christoffel. Bruckmann, Munich 1963.
  • Ulrich Christoffel: Lauterburg Martin : Exhibition from April 21 to 27. May 1951, Bern Art Museum, Bern.
  • Catalog, Martin Lauterburg. Kunsthalle Basel, 1943.
  • Paul Fierens, Paul Bourdin, Martin Lauterburg. Éditions des quatre chemins, Paris 1933.
  • Catalog, Martin Lauterburg. Kunsthalle Bern, 1930.
  • The work , June 1949 doi : 10.5169 / seals-28333 , pages 171 to 174
  • Max Huggler: Martin Lauterburg, 1891–1960. In: Berner writing folder 1951/1952, Buchdruckerei Büchler, Bern.
  • Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.): Martin Lauterburg. Art Museum, Bern 1951.
  • Martin Lauterburg. Exposure. Galerie d'art St Honoré, Paris 1948.
  • Color magic and shadow growth - Martin Lauterburg (1891–1960). Martin Lauterburg Foundation, Bern 2005.
  • Martin Lauterburg. Catalog. Kunsthalle Bern, April 15 to May 22, 1961. Kunsthalle, Bern.
  • Therese Lauterburg, et al .: Martin Lauterburg. 1891-1960. Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich 1962.
  • Artist in the workshop-Martin Lauterburg . In: Architektur und Kunst, Vol. 36, Issue 10, 1944, pp. 171–174 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Lauterburg in the German Biography , accessed on May 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Martin Lauterburg's estate in the Bern Burger Library catalog
  3. ↑ Ullrich Christoffels. In: Die Kunst , No. 6, March 1935, pages 128 to 137: [1]
  4. ↑ New in the collection: August Gaul and Martin Lauterburg
personal data
SURNAME Lauterburg, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss graphic artist, draftsman and painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuenegg
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1960
Place of death Bern