Max Weiss (sculptor)
Max Weiss (born December 16, 1921 in Emmenbrücke , † July 30, 1996 in Tremona ) was a Swiss sculptor .
Life
Max Weiss attended the Lucerne School of Applied Arts from 1935 to 1939 . His teachers were Huttiger and Max von Moos . In 1945 he married the journalist Emilia Iten ( Mix Weiss ), whom he had met at the arts and crafts school, and moved to Cassina d'Agno , and in 1947 to Tremona in Mendrisiotto . The couple had three children (born in 1945, 1947 and 1951).
He got to know Tremona through his painter friend Rolf Meyer , where he met sculptors like Lynn Chadwick , Olivier Strebelle , Kenneth Armitage and Xavier Corbero .
Awards
- 1954, 1955, 1956: Federal Art Scholarship
Exhibitions
- Luwa Española , Barcelona
- Biel Congress Center
- Credit Suisse , Chiasso
- Gersag community center, Gersag school building, Swiss Bank Corporation in Emmenbrücke
- Cantonal high school, Locarno
- Lucerne Art Museum (1968)
- Lucerne lake promenade
- Museo civico di belle arti , Lugano (2004)
- Kunsthaus Glarus (1953)
- Scuola svizzera , Naples
- Kunsthaus Zurich
Web links
- Anna Pianezzola Emery: Weiss, Max. In: Sikart (Status: 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anna Pianezzola Emery: Weiss, Max. In: Sikart (status: 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiss, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emmenbrücke |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1996 |
| Place of death | Tremona |