Rudolf Münger

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Rudolf Münger (born November 10, 1862 in Bern ; † September 17, 1929 there ) was a Swiss painter .

Rudolf Münger (1888).

Life

Rudolf Münger began training as a flat and decorative painter in Neuchâtel in 1879 . He then spent a year in Laage-Vuursche near Utrecht, where he learned to imitate wood and marble. From 1883 to 1888 he studied with interruptions at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich and from 1888 to 1889 at the Académie Julian and the École des Arts décoratifs in Paris . There he made friends with Robert Kiener .

Then he returned to Bern, was a teacher at the crafts school until 1898 and then a freelance artist. In 1904/5, for example, he designed the first figure for the stick of the Bärenplatz fountain , a group of bears playing, which was made from sandstone by the sculptor Ferdinand Huttenlocher . From 1908 to 1918 Münger headed the Swiss Homeland Security, which awarded him honorary membership for his services. In 1924 he was made an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern .

Münger became known as an illustrator of the works of Jeremias Gotthelf and the Heidi novels by Johanna Spyri , the bindings for the novels Rudolf von Tavels and the folk song collection Im Röseligarte , published in six volumes by Otto von Gruyerz from 1907 to 1925 . From him, the wall frescoes of the Bernese originate granary cellar and the mural on Zeerleder -House at the Junkerngasse 51 of 1897 and he also designed the so-called Münger costume , a further development of the black Bernese dress with colored silk inserts in the bodice and Göller and less heavy silver jewelry. In 1910, Münger made a mural for a Bernese mortuary hall. He created the church windows for the Reformed Church in Lotzwil .

Rudolf Münger's estate is kept in the Bern Burger Library.

gallery

literature

  • Sibille Camichel: Rudolf Münger and his artistic contributions in the Vennerstube of the Society for Middle Lions. In: The Middle Lions Society House in the 20th Century (= History of the Middle Lions Society in Bern. Vol. 5). Gesellschaft zu Mittellöwen, Bern 2015, pp. 32–76.
  • D. Gruyerz: The paintings in the Bern granary by Rudolf Münger. In: Schweizer Illustrierte , Vol. 3, 1899, pp. 36–41.
  • Hans Rudolf Christians: Rudolf Münger (1862–1929). A Bernese painter and his bookplate. Zurich / Winterthur 2012.
  • Karl Liner: About the pictures by Rudolf Münger and a lot more. In: Schweizer Illustrierte , Vol. 16, 1912, pp. 571–575.
  • Rudolf Münger and his circle of artists. Beautiful world in the Kornhauskeller. Bern Burger Library, 2011.
  • Hermann Wahlen: Rudolf Münger. A Bernese painter 1862–1929. Life and work. Bern 1985.

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Münger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Honorary membership for Rudolf Münger. In: Heimatschutz = Patrimoine , Vol. 14, 1919, p. 12.
  2. ↑ 1910 mural in Bern
  3. ^ Church window in Lotzwil
  4. ↑ Rudolf Münger's estate in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
personal data
SURNAME Münger, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1929
Place of death Bern