Samuel Wülser
Samuel Friedrich Wülser (born October 10, 1897 in Davos , † 1977 in Corteglia ) was a Swiss painter.
Life
Samuel Wülser, son of Samuel Wülser senior and Katharina Schlecht (from Ebersbach an der Fils ) was a painter and member of the Basel artists' association “ Red-Blue ” and “Group Red-Blue”. Wülser came from Aargau, from 1914 to 1917 he attended the arts and crafts school in Aarau. He was a free spirit and anti-fascist all his life and was influenced in his youth by Karl Barth and his spirituality. From 1917 to 1922 he attended the art school in Geneva , where he was influenced by Ferdinand Hodler . He made Corteglia and the Mendrisiotto , which he artistically processed, his adopted home since 1923. There he lived in the "Casa Wülser" property with his sister Berta, who ran his household for him.
Wülser was a great uncle of the German ethnologist Dieter Haller .
literature
- 1952: The Mendrisiotto. The natural beauties and art treasures in "Swiss Tuscany".
- 1996: Samuel Wülser 1897–1977. Retrospective. Mendrisio.
- 2011: Giuseppe Zois, Gabriella Gerosa-Giulieri, Loredana Castioni Sisini, Giovanni Luisoni, Dalmazio Ambrosioni, Samuel Wülser: Samuel Wülser, finestra su Corteglia. Salvioni
Web links
- Museo d'arte di Mendrisio: Samuel Wülser (English)
- Wülser, Samuel Friedrich. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wülser, Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wülser, Samuel Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Davos |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1977 |
| Place of death | Corteglia , Castel San Pietro TI |