Max von Moos
Max von Moos (born December 6, 1903 in Lucerne , Switzerland ; † May 28, 1979 there ) is a surrealist Swiss painter and graphic artist .
Life
Max von Moos was the son of the painter Joseph von Moos , head of the Lucerne School of Applied Arts . After a youth accompanied by illness, Moos attended his father's school at the age of 16. With the exception of his one-year study at the State School of Applied Arts in Munich , Moos lived exclusively in Lucerne. In 1966 he was awarded the Lucerne City Art and Culture Prize.
style
The prevailing principle in Moos' style is doubt. He creates the images, which is why moss cultivated him. It shows frightened, desperate people who are surrounded and harassed by violence, pain, decay and destruction, in hopeless or comically absurd situations. Moos depicts his fear of the world and the failure of perception and expression in the face of ominous reality. In addition to these excursions into the terrible, his works lead to older layers of life or layers of life untouched by civilization: underwater worlds, burial chambers, fossils, skeletons.
Moos' works have already been interpreted in depth psychology, for example in “Max von Moos. A deep psychological work interpretation with a critical catalog of the paintings “by the art historian Hans-Jörg Heusser . Moos taught at the Lucerne School of Applied Arts. One of his students was the graphic artist René Villiger . The “Max von Moos Foundation” exists in his hometown of Lucerne.
literature
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Moss, Max von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Hans-Jörg Heusser: Moos, Max von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , pp. 73 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hans-Jörg Heusser: Max von Moos - a biography . In: Peter Thali (Ed.): Max von Moos, Zurich 1975
- Hans-Jörg Heusser: Max von Moos (1903-1979). A work interpretation based on depth psychology. With a critical catalog of the paintings . Harlekin Verlag, Lucerne 1982, ISBN 3857251034
- Roman Kurzmeyer (Ed.): Max von Moos (1903-1979). Atlas, anatomy, fear . Springer Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-211-83682-8
- Roman Kurzmeyer: The principle of doubt. For the 100th birthday of the Swiss painter Max von Moos . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 6, 2003
- Peter Fischer: Max von Moos. The draftsman , Periferia Edizioni, Lucerne, 2016, ISBN 978-3-906016-64-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Max von Moos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Marco Obrist: Moos, Max von. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moos, Max von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1979 |
| Place of death | Lucerne , Switzerland |