René Küng

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René Küng (born June 2, 1934 in Allschwil ) is a Swiss sculptor .

life and work

René Küng grew up in Allschwil and attended the preliminary course at the Basel School of Applied Arts in 1950 . From 1952 to 1955 he did an apprenticeship as a stonemason and practiced the profession he had learned for a year and a half. Among other things, he participated in the restoration of the Basel Minster . In 1954 he received the Federal Art Grant . In 1958 he began to work as a sculptor. From 1964 to 1968 he was a teacher of sculpture at the Basel School of Applied Arts. Reinhard Klessinger and Adelheid Hanselmann were among his students at the time .

Since 1968 Küng has been working exclusively as a freelancer. He has lived in Schönenbuch since 1980 . Since 1966 he has participated in numerous exhibitions and since 1975 also solo exhibitions. Works by him have been acquired from public collections such as the Kunstmuseum Bern , the Aargauer Kunsthaus and the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen . In the latter he had the 1990 solo exhibition Sculptures, 1985–1990 .

Numerous works by Küng can also be found in public spaces and in churches, especially in Switzerland, but also in Greece , Ireland and the USA .

In 1992, Küng received the Culture Prize of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft , Fine Arts category .

Works

  • René Küng (1924), sculptor. Grosses Steinbuch, 1990, Lindenplatz, Allschwil, Basel-Country, Switzerland
    Grosses Steinbuch, 1990, Allschwil
    1965: Stone carving based on designs by Hans Arp in the Church of St. Peter and Paul, Oberwil
  • 1966: Oak door of the main church in Ennetbaden
  • 1980: Grosse Mondleiter , Theaterplatz, Basel
  • 1982 Group of sculptures in front of the Baloise entrance near the SBB train station in Basel
  • 1999: Heugumper , limestone, municipality of Schönenbuch
  • 2009: Gate , Schönenbuch cemetery

Literature (selection)

  • Hans Göhner: René Küng. Basel. Exhibition catalog Galerie «zem Specht», Basel, 1983.
  • Tina Grütter (Ed.): René Küng: Sculptures, 1985–1990 (on the occasion of the exhibition in the Museum Allerheiligen). Schaffhausen Art Association, 1990.
  • Beat Stauffer: Sculpture Exhibition. René Küng. Ludwig Stocker. Arlesheim, hospice in the park. Basel, 1998.
  • Nicolaj van der Meulen, Charlotte Feffer-Périn, Patrick Périn: René Küng - monograph. (German, French, English) Friedrich Reinhardt, Basel 2002, ISBN 978-3-72451234-9 .
  • Katharina Nyffenegger: René Küng. Carzaniga Gallery, Basel 2008.
  • Nicolas Raboud: Nature & sculpture. René Küng. Champex, Jardin Flore-Alpe. Orsière 2009.
  • Emil Angehrn , Stefan Hess , Daniela Settelen-Trees: René Küng, art and nature: a lifelong relationship (on the occasion of the exhibition at the Mapprach estate). Christoph Merian, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-85616649-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal art grants 1954
  2. ↑ Compilation of exhibitions on www.sikart.ch .
  3. ^ Exhibition catalog René Küng Schaffhausen 1990
  4. ↑ Aphrodite sculpture in Azalas (Greece)
  5. ^ Exhibition at Harrison Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, USA
  6. ↑ Culture Prize Festival 2014 , invitation card from the Canton of Basel-Landschaft
  7. ^ Rudolf Suter: Hans Arp: Weltbild und Kunstaufführung im Spätwerk. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2007 ISBN 978-3-03911428-3 , p. 465.
  8. ^ Art guides through Switzerland: Aargau, Appenzell, Glarus, Graubünden, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Thurgau, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, Zurich. Büchler Grafino, Bern 1971, p. 83.
  9. ↑ Martin Schwander , Gottfried Boehm (ed.); Richard Serra: Intersection, Basel. Art Pub, 1996, ISBN 978-3-92876252-6 , p. 167.
  10. ^ Illustration of the group of sculptures on the artist's website
  11. ↑ Illustration and dimensions on the artist's website
  12. ^ Illustration on the artist's website
personal data
SURNAME Küng, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Allschwil