Otto Müller (sculptor)
Otto Müller (born August 4, 1905 in Thalwil , Canton of Zurich ; † December 25, 1993 in Zurich ) was a Swiss sculptor .
life and work
The apprenticeship that Otto Müller did with the Zurich sculptor Ernst Dallmann remained so bad in his memory that he described himself as an autodidact . He also worked as a stone sculptor in Karl Geiser's studio . In 1940, Müller won the competition for an outdoor sculpture in front of the Technikum Winterthur with the design of two worker figures .
After his apprenticeship, Müller stayed afloat by painting movie posters for years. He left numerous sculptures and reliefs in public spaces in the Zurich region. His head in a case from 1978/1979 is in the garden of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich . Other works include deer and cow and calf from 1948 in Zurich-Friesenberg.
In 1985 Müller received the Art Prize of the City of Zurich. Amongst others, the Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn was one of his students.
literature
- Matthias Oberli: Müller, Otto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Fritz Billeter : Müller, Otto. In: Sikart
- Fritz Billeter: The sculptor Otto Müller. ABC Verlag, Zurich 1983.
swell
- ↑ Caroline Kesser: For the hundredth birthday of the sculptor Otto Müller In: NZZ. August 4, 2005.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the Trudi Demut and Otto Müller Foundation - with a short biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thalwil , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1993 |
| Place of death | Zurich |