Rosina Kuhn
Rosina Kuhn (born October 5, 1940 in Zurich ) is a Swiss painter.
Life
Rosina Kuhn is the daughter of the textile artist Lissy Funk and the painter Adolf Funk. After graduating from high school , she attended the Zurich School of Applied Arts (now the ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts) and graduated in 1963 with a drawing teacher diploma . In 1962 she married Christoph Kuhn, and in 1970 her son was born. She spent 1960 to 1961 in London and made numerous trips to Greece and Mexico in the following years . She worked in New York from 1975 to 1980. From 1998 she worked in Los Angeles annually . The painter currently lives and works in Zurich.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions in museums
- 2017: Aargauisches Kunsthaus Aarau , Swiss Pop Art
- 2016: Kunsthaus Grenchen
- 2004: Olten Art Museum
- 1995: Olten Art Museum
- 1987: Kunsthaus Zurich
- 1982: Kunsthaus Glarus
Solo exhibitions
- 2020: “The secret life of plants”, Rosenberg Gallery, Zurich
- 2016: “Venezia, venice Beach”, Rigassi, Gallery Soon, Bern
- 2014: “Fêtes Galantes”, Rigassi Gallery, Bern
- 2014: “La Vie en Rose”, Counter Space, Zurich
- 2013: “Monotypes, Les Enfants du Paradis”, Gluri Suter Huus , Wettingen
- 2011: “Painting and Monotype”, Kornfeld Gallery, Zurich
- 2011: Monotypes, ETH Graphic Collection , Zurich
- 2003: "Sunset", Neue Galerie Aarau
- 2002: "Life in Los Angeles", Rote Fabrik , Zurich
- 2001: "Flowers", Esther Hufschmid Gallery, Zurich
- 2000: Gallery Carzaniga and Uecker, Basel
- 1999: Galerie Ramseier and Kälin, Bern
- 1997: Galerie Ramseier and Kälin, Bern
- 1992: Galerie Noëlla G, La Neuveville
- 1990: Carzaniga and Uecker Gallery, Basel
- 1982: Thurgau Art Collection Frauenfeld
- 1980: Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich
- 1978: Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich
- 1975: Produga, Zurich
- 1973: Galerie Palette, Zurich
- 1970: Galerie 57, Biel
- 1969: Galerie Palette, Zurich
- 1969: Galerie Katakombe, Basel
- 1966: Peccanins Gallery, MexicoCity
- 1963: Strauhof Zurich
Group exhibitions
- 2019: Uster armory
- 2018: Villa Renata, Basel
- 2017: Villa Flora , Winterthur
- 2015: "Impression", Kunsthaus Grenchen
- 2015: “Untimely Considerations”, Oxyd, Winterthur
- 2012: “Raumwelten, Venetian Sky”, Museum Bärengasse , Zurich
- 1980: Phönix, Alte Oper , Frankfurt am Main
- 1980: Christmas exhibition, Kunsthaus Zurich
- 1975: "Women see women", Strauhof, Zurich
- 1973: “Tell 73” in Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Geneva, Lugano
- 1970: "Viadukt", Helmhaus Zurich
Publications (selection)
- Venetian Heavens, painting cycle 2011/2012, 2014.
- Rosina Kuhn, a lifelong painter. Benteli Verlag, Sulgen 2011, ISBN 978-3-7165-1697-3 .
- Sunset Edition Neue Galerie 6, Aarau 2003.
- North, South, East, West: Rosina Kuhn. Kunstmuseum Olten, 2005. ISBN 3-906-6513-20 .
- with Fritz Billeter : Lissy Funk . Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-85881-120-3 .
- The Painter's View, Olten Art Museum. Limmatverlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 978-3-8579-1266-5 .
- Backscapes / backscapes. Kunsthaus Zurich 1987.
- 459 West Broadway, New York. Alice Lang, New York, 1976.
Awards and grants
- 2011: Forberg Foundation, Castel Forte, Venice
- 2003: Prix Fondation Eduard et Maurice Sandoz
- 1983: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
- 1975: Zurich studio in New York
- 1973: Scholarship from the City of Zurich
- 1972: Scholarship from the Canton of Zurich
Works in public collections / in public space
Art museum Olten; Pfäffikon (SZ), Seedamm cultural center; Kunsthaus Zurich; Graphic Collection ETH Zurich; Art Collection Canton Zurich; City of Zurich Art Collection; Zurich, ETH Hönggerberg (cafeteria) ( departure , 1976, mural); University of Zurich (wall painting, 1986); Zurich, Sihlfeld school building (wall painting (six pictures), 1988).
Web links
- Literature by and about Rosina Kuhn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website from Rosina Kuhn
- Rosina Kuhn in the metacatalog of the Swiss university libraries and the Swiss national library Swissbib
- Christina Vegh: Kuhn, Rosina. In: Sikart
- Swiss Television SRF: Exhibition by the painter Rosina Kuhn in the Olten Art Museum . October 1, 1995, accessed July 24, 2010.
- Aargauer Kunsthaus: Rosina Kuhn, «Esalen», 2016 YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christina Végh : Rosina Kuhn, biography . In: Sikart, SIK ISEA , 1998, updated 2016, accessed on July 24, 2020.
- ↑ Swiss Social Archives : Database Image + Sound, Rosina Kuhn . accessed on July 26, 2020.
- ^ Dorothea von Kiedrowski: Artist of the Month - Rosina Kuhn. In: Institute for Church Construction and Church Art of the Present at the Philipps University of Marburg , accessed on July 24, 2020.
- ↑ Andreas Toggweiler: An oasis of colors and shapes . In: Grenchner Tagblatt , August 19, 2016, accessed on July 24, 2020.
- ↑ Galerie Rosenberg: Rosina Kuhn , accessed on July 26, 2020.
- ^ Soon gallery: Rosina Kuhn - "Venezia - Venice Beach" . September 8th to October 8th, 2016, accessed on July 26th, 2020.
- ↑ Philipp Meier: A lifelong painter . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 9, 2011, accessed on July 24, 2020
- ^ Helveticat: North, South, East, West: Rosina Kuhn: Exhibition, Kunstmuseum Olten, from November 21, 2004 to February 6, 2005 , accessed on July 24, 2020.
- ^ Fondation Eduard & Maurice Sandoz: Biography Rosina Kuhn , accessed on July 26, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuhn, Rosina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Funk, Rosina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |