Paul Otto Roth

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Paul Otto Roth (born December 11, 1901 in Murten ; † March 15, 1985 in Koppigen ; resident in Zetzwil ) was a Swiss sculptor .

life and work

Roth lived in Basel from the age of 12 and had to break off his apprenticeship at the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Factory in Winterthur due to health problems.

From 1922 he attended courses with Otto Meyer at the trade school in Basel. The first sculptural commissions followed. From 1926 to 1929 he was a student and employee of Hermann Hosaeus in Berlin and studied at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts . In the winter semester of 1929/30 Roth studied with Bernhard Bleeker at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and went to Paris for further study visits in between. The works of Aristide Maillol and Charles Despiau became his models.

From 1925 Roth took part in numerous group and solo exhibitions. In 1931, 1932 and 1933 he received a Swiss art scholarship and in 1939 he was honored for his Pestalozzi sculpture at the National Exhibition in Zurich . His works were exhibited for the last time in 2004 in the “La Cabane” exhibition pavilion. This was planned by Jean Nouvel for Expo.02 .

Roth lived in Muntelier from 1934 to 1957 and married Maria Schnyder in 1938. They had a daughter together. From 1957 to 1972 Roth lived with his partner Edith Müller in Frauenkappelen “on the Hubel”. From 1972 to 1985 Roth lived in Herzogenbuchsee .

The “Sculptor Paul Roth” Foundation was established in 1985 with Paul Roth's estate.

literature

  • Silvia Zehnder-Jörg: Paul Otto Roth. German-Freiburg contributions to local history, Volume 71, 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Academy of Fine Arts Munich: Paul Otto Roth, register book. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .