Paul Zehnder
Paul Zehnder (born September 30, 1884 in Bern , † January 11, 1973 in Gümligen ) was a Swiss painter. His church and stained glass paintings are best known .
Life
Paul Zehnder was born as the youngest son of Friedrich Zehnder and Marie Louise Zehnder-Simmen. His mother died a few days after he was born. He attended high school in Bern and from 1905 studied at the art academies in Dresden , Munich and Stuttgart . From 1909 on he lived and worked as an artist in Paris . When war broke out in 1914, he returned to Bern. He spent the summer months in his brother's house in Iseltwald on Lake Brienz , where, like his friend Victor Surbek , he owned his own painting studio. In 1934 he married Clara Pulver. The marriage remained childless. After the early death of his wife, Paul Zehnder - called "Pablo" by his friends - lived a secluded life. He died in Gümligen in 1973.
Artistic development
His oil paintings were created at the beginning of his artistic career . From 1910 Zehnder turned to wall painting . He designed church walls in Leissigen (1910), Diemtigen (1915) and Wynau (1918/19). The cycle of murals in the Stadtkirche Winterthur (1924–1930) is considered to be the most important ecclesiastical painting in Switzerland in the 20th century.
From the 1930s on, he mainly worked as a glass painter, together with Louis Halter (1886–1956), who ran a studio for glass painting in Bern. Paul Zehnder designed church windows in numerous churches in the canton of Bern, for example the choir windows of the castle church in Interlaken (1950–1963).
Paul Zehnder's (as yet undeveloped) estate is in the Bern Burger Library .
literature
- Biographical lexicon of Swiss art. Zurich 1998.
- Fritz Braaker: The painter Paul Zehnder 1884–1973. In: Yearbook of Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. 1975, pp. 35-37.
- Max Huggler : The Brienzersee in painting. Bern 1980.
- Paul Zehnder: Letters to Victor Surbek, 1905–1971. Private print, Bern 1975.
Web links
- Deborah Favre: Paul Zehnder. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Heinz Pantli: Zehnder, Paul. In: Sikart (as of 1998)
- Claudio Jegher: Paul Zehnder (1984–1973) on the website of the Thun Castle Church
Remarks
- ↑ Paul Zehnder's estate in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zehnder, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and glass painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1973 |
| Place of death | Gümligen |