Peter Wechsler

Peter Wechsler (born July 3, 1951 in Zurich ) is a Swiss painter and graphic artist.

Life

Peter Wechsler, son of the author David Wechsler , grew up in Zurich and Davos . He has lived in Vienna since 1971 . From 1971 to 1974 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the master classes for painting with Rudolf Hausner and Walter Eckert .

Act

Peter Wechsler initially devoted himself to drawing and the gravure printing technique of drypoint . From 1975 painting in tempera and oil under the influence of Abstract Expressionism , from 1994 structural pencil drawings. From 2008 onwards, he works with glass in cooperation with the Geyling glass painting company , Vienna. From 2012 onwards, more and more works in the technique of ink-brush drawings on paper were created.

Exhibitions

Since 1986 exhibitions in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Works in public collections such as the Albertina Museum Vienna , State Gallery Stuttgart and Kunsthaus Zurich .

Publications

• Geometry of the hand. Texts by Eugen Gomringer , Fritz Koreny, Ingo Nussbaumer. Triton Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85486-011-0 .
• Glass objects . Text by Markus Kristan. Floor Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-902117-19-9 .
• Drawings - the world grows together in small parts. Exhibition catalog Kunsthaus Zürich, texts by Bernhard von Waldkirch, Vera Hausdorff, Marietta Mautner, Heinz Widauer. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-86832-369-6 .

Web links

• Bernhard von Waldkirch: Wechsler, Peter. In: Sikart (as of: 2018)