Paul Hehlen

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Paul Hehlen (born January 7, 1921 in Lenk ; authorized to live there and in Boppelsen ) is a Swiss painter.

Career

Paul Hehlen was the seventh of ten children of master carpenter Gottlieb Hählen and his wife Sophie. After finishing school, he began a partial apprenticeship as a woodworker in Huttwil and as a carpenter with his father. Because of the poor economic situation during the Second World War, he first had to accept various casual positions. After the recruit school , he was sent to the border on active duty. On the advice of a teacher, he took an entrance examination for structural engineering at the Burgdorf technical center, where he graduated with a diploma in 1944 despite military service. He then worked in various architectural offices, mostly in school building.

He also studied painting as a self-taught artist and began painting himself from 1957. At first he painted in a simplified, impressionistic way, then expressively, and increasingly abstract. He went on study trips to New York City , Paris , Burma , Thailand and Japan and won a competition award from the City of Baden AG .

In 1946 he married Erna Widler von St. Gallen . The first child died after a short time, later came the two daughters Ruth and Eva.

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As an architect, he designed the implementation plans for the Olten vocational school and took over the execution of the school complex with two gyms in Windisch AG . As a painter, Hehlen preferred rural motifs and brightly colored portraits. Later he turned to abstract painting, constructivism and concrete art .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2003: Zurich Art Gallery Artefiz
  • 2010: Paul Hählen , Sigristenkeller Cultural Center, Bülach
  • 2015: New York Agora Gallery
  • 2017: Montreux Art Gallery

literature

  • Memoirs . Part 1 I found him. Sketches of life. Self-published. Part 2 double ride at a gallop. Self-published.
  • Paul Hehlen - From Minesis to Abstraction By Dr. Phil. Sabrina Abate Detmar, art historian

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personal data
SURNAME Hehlen, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect and painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Lenk