Max Fueter

Max Fueter (pronounced [fuətər] ; born March 6, 1898 in Konolfingen ; † September 29, 1983 in Bern ) was a Swiss sculptor , draftsman and watercolorist .

Life

In 1917 Fueter graduated from the literary school in Bern and entered the trade school in 1918. After attending the trade school in Bern, Fueter took figure drawing lessons from Ernst Linck and Victor Surbek . At the university he continued his education in philosophy , art history and psychology . Stays in Berlin and Rome followed between 1926 and 1930 .

In 1932, Max Fueter was portrayed by Victor Surbek in the group picture Round Table - a circle of artists and art enthusiasts who met every Thursday in the Café Harmonie - who, alongside him, included the painters Herold Howald, Paul Zehnder, Max Böhlen , the art historian Wilhelm Stein and Victor Surbek himself shows.

Works

Bust of Emil Theodor Kocher in Kocherpark , created by Max Fueter in 1944.

The Flute Player (1938), fountain at the Bern Conservatory in Rathausgasse , formerly Metzgergasse, built in 1940 under the arbor arch of the conservatory's rear facade. The city of Bern announced a competition for the fountain in 1938, which Max Fueter won with his design. The flute player was cast by Mario Pastori in Geneva .
Bust of Emil Theodor Kocher (1944), Kocherpark , Bern
Rathaushofbrunnen in the courtyard of the Bern town hall (1942)
Large-format bronze sculpture Pan an der Aare in Bern (1943)
Baptismal font in the Reformed Church in Wabern (1948)
Last supper table and the baptismal font adorned with reliefs in the Gümligen church (around 1953)
Fountain of life on the large hill in front of the University of Bern (1972)

literature

Tapan Bhattacharya: Fueter, Max. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .
Max Huggler : Max Fueter's fountains in Bern. Stämpfli, Bern 1975, ISBN 3-7272-9317-9 .
Max Fueter, sculptures, watercolors, drawings. With a text by Harald Szeemann, biographical information, directory of public contracts, bibliographical information, catalog raisonné of the exhibition. Kunsthalle Bern , Bern 1966.
Wilhelm Stein (Ed.): Max Fueter. Eighty picture panels . Eicher & Co., Bern 1960.
Victor Surbek, Max Fueter . Exhibition catalog November 3 to December 1, 1929. Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 1929.

Web links

Commons : Max Fueter - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Max Fueter in the catalog of the German National Library
Johanna Strübin Rindisbacher: Fueter, Max. In: Sikart

proof

↑ Hans Bickel, Christoph Landolt: Duden. Swiss high German. Dictionary of the standard language in German-speaking Switzerland. Edited by the Swiss Association for the German Language. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Zurich 2012, p. 88.

personal data
SURNAME	Fueter, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Konolfingen
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1983
Place of death	Bern

[1] Hans Bickel, Christoph Landolt: Duden. Swiss high German. Dictionary of the standard language in German-speaking Switzerland. Edited by the Swiss Association for the German Language. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Zurich 2012, p. 88.