Rudolf Maeglin (artist)

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Rudolf Maeglin (1892–1971) doctor, artist, group 33, family grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Mäglin family grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery in Basel

Rudolf Maeglin (born December 24, 1892 in Basel , † April 2, 1971 in Basel ) was a Swiss painter, draftsman and wood cutter .

Life

Rudolf Maeglin came from a middle-class background, his father was a wine merchant, his mother came from a family of silk manufacturers in Basel. After graduating from high school , he first studied medicine, took the state examination in 1918 and then assisted at the Geneva Cantonal Hospital . In 1919 he gave up the medical profession and became an artist. In 1921 he toured Italy. From 1922 he lived in Paris, attended the art academies Grande Chaumière and Colarossi , made trips to Brittany and Spain. In 1927 he returned to Basel, where he worked as a laborer on construction sites and in the chemical industry.

From then on he devoted his artistic work solely to motifs from this world of work. In 1933 he was a founding member of the anti-conservative Basel artists' association « Gruppe 33 ». From 1936 Maeglin worked as a freelancer. He mainly made woodcuts, and later became a member of the XYLON woodcutter association . From 1947 until his death he lived in a studio house in the Basel workers' quarter in Kleinhüningen , which was built for him by the architect Ernst Egeler , also a member of «Gruppe 33». Some of his works u. a. the three frescoes from 1955 for the Sangrubenschulhaus I or the three glass pictures of color workers in the west stairwell of the employment office in Basel from 1967 emerged as winners of the competitions of the Basel-Stadt art credit .

Selection of works

  • 1955: Wall painting in the sand pit school house , Basel
  • 1966–1968: Three glass windows in the stairwell of the cantonal employment office in Utengasse Basel (commissioned by the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt)

Exhibitions

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Maeglin (artist)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Architecture and Art, 1959: Fresken von 1955, Sangrubenschulhaus I. Accessed October 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Agathe Straumann, Basel-Stadt Education Department. Walter Eglin. In: Art for Basel: 75 years of art credit Basel-Stadt. Art in public space. Schwabe Verlag, Basel 1974, ISBN 3-7965-0968-1 .
  3. ^ Kunsthaus Zug: Rudolf Maeglin, press release. (PDF) Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  4. ^ Florian Hofer: Rudolf Maeglin, Zugerbieter newspaper. (PDF) Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Maeglin, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mäglin, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, draftsman and wood cutter
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH April 2nd 1971
Place of death Basel