Robert Lienhard
Robert Lienhard (born February 4, 1919 in Winterthur ; † March 24, 1989 ibid) was a Swiss sculptor , metal sculptor , draftsman and graphic artist . Lienhard was an outstanding representative of the non-representational large-scale sculpture, which he made primarily in bronze, aluminum, wood and stone.
Life and writing
Robert Lienhard was one of the most important Winterthur artists of recent times. From 1936 to 1940 Robert Lienhard studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. From 1940 he was based in Winterthur. Federal art grants made it possible for him to study abroad: in 1942 with Remo Rossi in Locarno and in 1943 with Max Weber in Geneva. In 1947 Lienhard married Eva Moeschlin. The first large-scale sculptures in public space Sirens were created between 1951 and 1954 for the Platzspitz park in Zurich. Questions of monumental figurative representation raised by this sculpture and a trip to Egypt in 1956 encouraged him to turn away from figurative representation. From the early 1960s onwards, he realized numerous art-in-building projects in collaboration with architects or in competitions. In 1962 he moved into a studio in Astano in Ticino, near the foundry in Mendrisio, where he had castings from 1948. In 1972 Robert Lienhard bought the Trotte in Alten near Andelfingen and converted it into an exhibition room.
Awards
- 1964 recognition by the city of Zurich
- 1969 Culture Prize of the City of Winterthur
- 1973 Carl Heinrich Ernst Art Prize
Works
- Sirens , fountain sculpture, 1951–54, Zurich, Platzspitz park
- Beacon , stele, 1967/68
- Glaxis , Portal, 1967/68, Kreuzlingen, Catholic seminar
- Three corresponding round shapes , 1971–73, granite, Zurich-Altstetten, Eichbühl cemetery
- Nenuphar , 1972, red Veronese lime, Dübendorf
- Well system , 1979–1981, granite, Hochfelden
- Composition , 1981/82, bronze, Winterthur, commercial vocational school
Exhibitions
- Solo exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur in 1951, 1970 and 1981
- 1994 retrospective at Galerie ge, Winterthur
- 1996–97 Exhibition in Andelfingen Castle Park
literature
- Albert Gerster: The sculptor Robert Lienhard In: Das Werk - Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 40/1953, Issue 1, pp. 31–36.
Web links
- Georges Rutka: Lienhard, Robert. In: Sikart
- Matthias Oberli: Lienhard, Robert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Robert Lienhard In: Winterthur-Clossary
Individual evidence
- ^ The work: Architecture and Art, 1956: Brunnenplastik, Sirenen. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lienhard, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor and metal sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1989 |
| Place of death | Winterthur |