Peter Friedli
Peter Friedli (born August 8, 1925 in Bern ; † January 13, 2012 there ) was a Swiss photographer , painter and doctor .
Life
Like his brother Bendicht Friedli, Peter Friedli grew up in Bern. In addition to his profession as a doctor, he was a freelance journalist and publicist. His photographs and text contributions have been used in numerous newspaper editions.
Photographer and publicist
Peter Friedli was best known for his photographic portraits of artists, gallery owners and curators. He also photographed writers, musicians and politicians. With his photographs he created an important archive that for a long time depicted the cultural life of the state capital Bern and also in Switzerland. With his Leica camera he tried to depict the character of the person being photographed through the photo. Peter Friedli went to art exhibitions or other public events with his camera and photographed the people performing there. For example, he photographed the entrepreneur Willy Michel together with Franz Gertsch for the book on the Franz Gertsch Museum in Burgdorf . In 1994, the Kunsthalle Bern exhibited 100 photographic portraits made by Peter Friedli as part of the Berner Galerietage. They showed well-known Swiss artists.
Examples of portrait photos
Gaudenz of Salis
Painter
Like his brother Bendicht Friedli, Peter Friedli was a painter. His watercolors are particularly well known.
literature
- Tête-à-têtes: Catalog for the exhibition “Tête-à-Têtes” in the Orangery Elfenau , Bern, from June 6 to July 7, 1996. Bern: Stämpfli , 1996. 210 pages. ISBN 3-7272-9197-4
estate
Peter Friedli divided the estate into various institutions. A file at the State Archives of the Canton of Bern provides an overview of this.
- Peter Friedli in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives : Portraits of Swiss politicians
- Peter Friedli estate in the State Archives of the Canton of Bern: portraits of Bern politicians
- Peter Friedli estate at Sikart: portraits of artists, curators and gallery owners
Web links
- Friedli, Peter. In: Sikart
- FotoCH online portal , Peter Friedli entry on the history of photography.
- Interview with the performance artist Manon with Peter Friedli: All faces show lived life , online portal of the NZZ, accessed on November 17, 2016.
- Literature by and about Peter Friedli in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Friedli estate archive at Sikart: http://www.sik-isea.ch/de-ch/Kunstarchiv-Bibliothek/Kunstarchiv/Nachlassarchiv/Virtuelle-Vitrine/Nachlass-Peter-Friedli
- ^ Museum Franz Gertsch , pp. 20 and 21, Atelier-Verlag, Bern 2002
- ↑ Friedli Peter - 100 heads as part of the Bern Gallery Days, January 15-16, 1994 , accessed on the Bern Kunsthalle website on December 2, 2016 at: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 3, 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. .
- ^ Peter Friedli estate; link to overview at the bottom of the page. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedli, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, photographer and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Bern |