Otto Tschumi (painter)
Otto Tschumi (born August 4, 1904 in Bittwil, Seeberg municipality , † February 18, 1985 in Bern ) was a Swiss painter . He is considered one of the most important representatives of surrealism in Switzerland.
Life
Tschumi grew up in modest circumstances in the city of Bern and attended compulsory schools there. He broke off his training as a sign painter and lithographer . Nevertheless, he was able to earn his living as a graphic artist . Self-taught, he began to develop his style as a painter in the 1920s. In 1933 he married the dancer Beatrice Gutekunst, with whom he stayed together until the end of his life. From 1936 to 1940 he lived in Paris . Under the influence of Max Ernst , Hans Arp and other surrealists, he found his own formal language during this time.
In 1946 he was able to exhibit for the first time in the Kunsthalle Bern . After that, a major solo exhibition in Switzerland was dedicated to his work every few years. He became internationally known in the 1950s and at the latest in 1960 with his contribution to the Biennale di Venezia . After his death in 1987 he was honored in retrospectives at the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Kunsthalle Nürnberg .
Web links
- Publications by and about Otto Tschumi (painter) in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Estate of Otto Tschumi (painter) in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Otto Tschumi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page no longer available , search in web archives: Bern artist biographies: Otto Tschumi
- Susanne Schneemann: Tschumi, Otto. In: Sikart
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Otto Tschumi (painter). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tschumi, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bittwil, Seeberg BE |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1985 |
| Place of death | Bern |