Plinio Colombi

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Plinio Colombi (born February 14, 1873 in Ravecchia , † September 22, 1951 in Spiez ) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist .

Life

He was a son of Enrico Colombi and Hedwig Huber. After high school in Lausanne, he began studying architecture at the Technikum Winterthur , but soon switched to arts and crafts training. In 1897 he stayed in Paris. Then he worked as a decorative painter in Bern and from 1899 he was a freelance artist. In 1904 he married Marguerite Petter. He lived in various regions in the canton of Bern, from 1924 in Spiez, where he also died.

In 1926 the Kunsthalle Bern exhibited his works.

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Arnold Böcklin and Ferdinand Hodler were role models for him . He often chose landscape motifs from the Lake Thun region but also still lifes , with a preference for thistles. His works include printmaking, painting, etching, aquatint, lithography, woodcut, drawing and also posters. Works by him are in the Kunstmuseum Bern , in Chur, in the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur and in the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colombi, Plinio . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 247 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Kunsthalle Bern 1926. Bern Week, accessed on May 7, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Colombi, Plinio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravecchia
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1951
Place of death Spiez