Paul Basilius Barth

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Paul Basilius-Barth (1881–1955) painter, draftsman, still life, portrait, Elsa Barth-Wassmer (1889–1966) grave in the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

Paul Basilius Barth (born October 24, 1881 in Basel , † April 25, 1955 in Riehen ) was a Swiss painter and draftsman .

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Paul Basilius Barth was born in Basel in 1881, where his father was a writer and practiced as a doctor. From 1898 he made an apprenticeship as a decorative painter . From 1902 to 1904 he studied in Munich at the art academy and at Heinrich Knirr's private painting school .

From 1904 to 1906 Barth lived and worked in Italy ( Florence , Rome ). From 1906 he stayed in Paris for eight years and studied at the Académie Julian . At the Académie Humbert he also made the acquaintance of Henri Matisse . He was on friendly terms with the painter Maurice Denis . Many trips were made from Paris, for example to Brittany , Provence and the island of Reichenau . In 1914 Barth returned to Switzerland.

During and after the First World War , Bart together Jean Jacques Lüscher , Numa Donzé , Otto Roos , Heinrich Müller and Karl Dick formed the loose Basel artist group of dark-tone painters. This group of artists, known as “Basel's generation of classical painters”, was a revolutionary discovery for those interested in art in Basel. The group achieved their breakthrough in 1907 with a joint exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel. The artists fostered a friendly exchange with the Basel artist group Das neue Leben, founded in 1918, and with the “ Red-Blue ” artist group and had a decisive influence on the development of Basel painting from the turn of the century until the 1920s.

After the war he lived again for a time in Paris, he also traveled to Algeria (1922) and Tunisia (1925).

In 1935/1936 Paul Artaria built his home and studio in Riehen . Here, in the listed building at Vierjuchartenweg 24 since 2004, the gallery owner Ernst Beyeler later lived . In 1938 Barth became a member of the Paris Société du Salon d'Automne . From 1940 onwards, Barth, who returned to Switzerland due to the war, spent the summers on Lake Geneva , and from 1951 to 1954 he had a studio in Güttingen on Lake Constance .

From 1907 Barth was married to Margaretha Zaeslin, who later became the wife of the painter Louis Moilliet , in 1924 he married Elsa Wassmer. His son from his first marriage, Heinrich (1907–1958) was an active member of Kreis 48 . He was close friends with the painter and graphic artist Ernst Morgenthaler .

Paul Basilius Barth died in Riehen in 1955. He was artistically the most important representative of a family to which the theologian Karl Barth belonged. Hans Stocker held the obituary for Barth .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Works

Barth's works can be found in the following collections:

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Academy of Fine Arts, Munich: 1902, Paul Barth in the register book. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Press release from the State Chancellery Basel-Stadt. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ See page 4 in: Press text on the show from Fondation Beyeler ( Memento from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the Leopold Museum . (PDF file, 1.7 MB.) Retrieved January 6, 2014 from the Internet Archive .
  4. ^ Vita Moilliets . Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  5. ^ District 48: Heinrich Barth. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Article on Hans Jakob Barth (1925–1984) at the Karl Barth Archive of the University of Basel . Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ Hans Stocker, 1955, Swiss Art: Obituary. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  8. ^ Exhibition poster in the Schaffhausen City Archives . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ Description of the exhibition in the electronic archive of the Kunsthalle Basel. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  10. ^ Exhibition description Value Inventory # 1. An experiment to present works of art from the collection of the Glarner Kunstverein. At kunstaspekte.de. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  11. ^ Work by Paul Basilius Barth in the ETHZ catalog of cultural goods . Retrieved June 7, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Barth, Paul Basilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1955
Place of death Riehen