Max Reinhold Weber

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Max Reinhold Weber (born July 25, 1897 in Menzikon , † December 13, 1982 in Collonge-Bellerive ) was a Swiss sculptor , painter , draftsman and lithographer .

Aurora sculpture, 1937, Rheinfelden spa fountain, Aargau. By Max Reinhold Weber (1897–1982)
Aurora, spa fountain in Rheinfelden

life and work

Weber came from a family of lithographers from Menzikon and joined the graphic department of the Zurich School of Applied Arts in 1913 during his apprenticeship as a lithographer . In 1919 he began training as a chromolithographer in Geneva , and from 1920 onwards he devoted himself to painting and 1923 to sculpture. From 1945 to 1963 Weber worked as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva .

Weber received a federal art grant in 1925 and 1928 . In 1936 he represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale and in 1937 he exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris in the Swiss Pavilion. In 1937 Weber was awarded first prize for his draft of the "Wehranleihe-Fünfliber".

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1937, Wehranleihe-Fünfliber from Max Weber


personal data
SURNAME Weber, Max Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Menzikon
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1982
Place of death Collonge-Bellerive