Niklaus Kury

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Niklaus Kury , also Niklaus Courri , (* 1737 in Reinach BL , † 1803 ibid) was a Swiss sculptor .

Niklaus Kury created two side altars in the parish church in Ettingen in 1765 and, according to Lukas Sarasin's “building book” , carried out sculptures in the White House and the Blue House at the Rheinsprung in Basel in the 1760s . In 1777 he created the portal of the armory in Basel (today in the Kleiner Klingental). Other works, such as the relief supraporta depicting the flight to Egypt at the Kury Court in Reinach, are attributed to him.

literature

  • Peter Felder: Baroque sculpture of Switzerland (= contributions to the history of art in Switzerland; 6). Wiese, Basel 1988, pp. 62, 256 ISBN 3-9091-5806-4 .
  • Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Vol. 1: The Arlesheim district, Basel 1969.
  • François Maurer: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Vol. 4: The churches, monasteries and chapels, Part 2: St. Katharina to St. Nikolaus, Basel 1961, p. 85.
  • François Maurer: Art Guide Canton Basel-Stadt, Bern 1980.
  • Anne Nagel, Martin Möhle, Brigitte Meles: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Basel-Stadt , Vol. 7: The Old Town of Grossbasel I - Profanbauten, Bern 2006, pp. 357, 364.

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personal data
SURNAME Kury, Niklaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Courri, Niklaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Reinach BL
DATE OF DEATH 1803
Place of death Reinach BL