Peter Dietschy

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Peter Dietschy (2008)

Peter Dietschy (born August 13, 1935 in Kriens ; † May 26, 2013 in St. Erhard ) was a Swiss artist .

Life

Peter Dietschy was born in 1935 in Kriens, Switzerland. From 1951 to 1954 Dietschy trained as a typesetter . In 1954 he attended the Lucerne School of Applied Arts . He then trained from 1955 to 1957 at the Grande Chaumière art academy in Paris. There Dietschy took the subjects nude and still life . From 1962 various art trips to Greece , Italy and Spain followed . On these trips he gave art history tours a. a. in Rome , Sicily , Sardinia , Crete , but also on Corsica . In doing so, he continued his education in the history of Western art and architecture from antiquity to modern times.

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Despite his abstract compositions, Dietschy repeatedly referred to reality. His style is called a kind of surrealism. According to the artist Serge Brignoni , Dietschy was someone who was constantly looking for himself and who showed a lot of courage and a thirst for adventure in his pictures. He also reinvented himself again and again with unbroken daring.

Public works (selection)

  • Stained glass window chapel St. Erhard
  • Iron sculpture Parkhotel Waldheim Wilen
  • Mural parish center Knutwil

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dietschy, Peter. In: Swiss Institute for Art Research SIK ISEA. August 5, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ The artist Peter Dietschy died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 3, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kurt Beck: Wild ride across art. In: Neue Luzerner Zeitung . October 11, 2014 (on the website of the Kunsthalle Luzern , report on the posthumous exhibition; PDF; 113 kB). Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Fritz Billeter: Peter Dietschy: Diversity and Abundance - An Approach to Peter Dietschy. ARS PRO TOTO, Lucerne 2008, ISBN 978-3-033-01681-1 .
  5. ↑ St. Erhard Chapel - the heart of Teret. In: Website of the parish Knutwil-St. Erhard. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ con tutta l'anima ... art and tradition in the Parkhotel Waldheim am Sarnersee. ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the Parkhotel Waldheim am Sarnersee (notice; PDF; 309 kB). Retrieved May 8, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.waldheim.com
  7. ^ Dietschy Peter, Pfarrheim Oase, Knutwil. ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Visarte Central Switzerland. Retrieved May 8, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visarte-zentralschweiz.ch
personal data
SURNAME Dietschy, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Kriens
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2013
Place of death St. Erhard