SA Zanvit

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Portrait of SA Zanvit
Portrait of SA Zanvit

SA Zanvit (born January 22, 1950 in Wilen near Herdern TG as Anton Schäfli ) is a Swiss painter , draftsman and graphic artist . His entire life he pursued artistic creation, landscape painting, portraying, abstract concepts. Perceiving the color event and expressing it with great freedom was always in the foreground. SA Zanvit received national and international attention particularly with its pillars of human rights , which address the individual human rights of the United Nations .

Life

SA Zanvit was born in Wilen in 1950. At the age of 13 he was already exhibiting his first works in the shop windows of shops in Aadorf . From 1966 to 1971, he trained as a designer and graphic designer at the Zurich University of the Arts , today's ZHDK . Between 1971 and 1977, in addition to his work as an artist, he worked as a graphic designer at E + U Hiestand in Zollikon. From 1977 to 1978 he worked as a graphic designer for Paul Beer in Zollikerberg . In 1978 he became self-employed as a graphic artist and painter with his own studio in Aadorf in the canton of Thurgau . 1982–1986 he trained as a drawing teacher at the Zurich University of the Arts. In addition to his artistic work, he has been working as a drawing teacher since 1986 and has specialized in preparing for entrance exams for preliminary courses at universities of applied sciences.

Exhibitions

SA Zanvit received national and international attention particularly with its pillars of human rights , which address the individual human rights of the United Nations . In 1999 these were also exhibited in the Federal Palace in Bern .

  • 1963 Picture exhibition in the shop windows of the Aadorf shops
  • 1973 Drawings in the staircase gallery Ernst Hiestand, Zollikon
  • 1986 Exhibition at Blüemlisalpstrasse, Zurich
  • 1987–1989 exhibitions in the gallery at Hauptstrasse 34, Aadorf and the gallery Kirchplatz Aadorf
  • 1989 Feldbach Steckborn Gallery
  • 1990 Galerie Rodenbach Stuttgart
  • 1995 Bad Engadin Scuol Gallery
  • 1998 Gallery Zähringer Zurich
  • 1999 Kunsthalle St.Moritz
  • 1999 Subject Art Gallery Zurich
  • 1999 pillars of human rights in the Federal Palace in Bern
  • 2000 pillars of human rights, community center, Aadorf
  • 2001 pillars of human rights and pictures Zollikerberg
  • 2001 pillars of human rights, TKB Weinfelden
  • 2002 exhibitions in London, Paris and Rome
  • 2004/06 Gallery Werk-Art St.Gallen
  • 2006 Art Forum Meisterschwanden
  • 2019 Exhibition in the community and school library, Aadorf

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archives of Eastern Switzerland Art - Anton Zanvit. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b livingART selection® - Living, Art, Design & Lifestyle in Winterthur - Gallery: SA Zanvit - Work: Pillars of Human Rights. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ exhibition. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Giovanni Schäfli: pillars of human rights. July 24, 2014, accessed July 30, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Kurt Lichtensteiger, Kurt Lichtensteiger: The Aadorfer Anton Schäfli paints between the lines. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Kurt Lichtensteiger, Kurt Lichtensteiger: Successful vernissage: Aadorfer graphic artist and painter exhibits in the library. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Painting exhibition by Anton Schafli Zanvit. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zanvit, SA
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schäfli, Anton (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilen near Herdern TG