Shang Hutter

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Sculpture Vertschaupet II in Magdeburg

Jean Albert "Schang" Hutter (born August 11, 1934 in Solothurn , † June 14, 2021 in Derendingen ) was a Swiss sculptor .

Life

From 1950 to 1954 Hutter did an apprenticeship in his parents' stonemason and also attended the arts and crafts school in Bern . In 1954 he moved to Munich and studied there, among other things. with Charles Crodel and Josef Henselmann until 1961 at the Academy of Fine Arts . In 1961 he moved to the canton of Solothurn , where he lived mainly in Küttigkofen . A stay in Warsaw followed in 1969/70 . From 1978 he was the first president of the Baseltor gastronomic cooperative .

From 1982 to 1985 he lived in Hamburg and 1985 to 1987 in Berlin . He then moved to Hessigkofen in Solothurn . Together with the Bern architects Ueli Schweizer and Walter Hunziker and the Bern landscape architect Franz Vogel, he designed an extension of the Bümpliz cemetery, which was completed in 1994 .

On February 28, 1998, Hutter set up his iron sculpture Shoah in front of the Bundeshaus in Bern as part of a sculpture path for the 200th anniversary of the Helvetic Republic . Because he did so three meters from the originally agreed location, it was removed in a night-and-fog operation on March 4, 1998 by the Swiss Freedom Party and brought to the artist's workshop, whereupon a heated public debate began . The sculpture was then exhibited in Zurich , Basel , Aarau , Solothurn and Glarus and is now in Langenthal .

From 1999 Hutter lived in Genoa , with sporadic residence in Derendingen in Solothurn . His works are permanently exhibited in an old factory hall in Huttwil and on the premises of a factory in Langenthal. In 2005, the Kunstrevue Trou published previously unpublished works by Schang Hutter as well as his text “Shoah II” in German and French translation.

On the occasion of Hutter's 80th birthday, Ute Winselmann Adatte organized and curated a major anniversary exhibition in the Burgernziel tram depot in Bern from August 10 to November 10, 2014. 800 characteristic works from the past 60 years were shown on 5000 square meters. At the same time, an extensive monograph on life and work was published, Schang Hutter: Give Space to Vulnerability by Hanspeter Gschwend .

In mid-June 2021, Schang Hutter died at the age of 86 after a long illness in Derendingen.

Works (selection)

Kościuszko monument on Amthausplatz in Solothurn

literature

Web links

Commons : Schang Hutter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christoph Heim: Instead of nude models, he came across war invalids. In: Tages-Anzeiger , June 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ Trou No. 15, Association Trou revue d'art, Moutier
  3. ↑ Anniversary exhibition 80 years of Schang Hutter. Archive from December 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Solothurn artist Schang Hutter has died. In: srf.ch. June 17, 2021, accessed June 17, 2021 .
  5. ↑ The Solothurn sculptor Schang Hutter has died. In: nzz.ch. June 17, 2021, accessed June 17, 2021 .
  6. ↑ The Sculpture Path from Grauholz to the Bundeshaus . Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Monuments in the Mitte district - Figurentanz ( Memento from September 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the City of Berlin, accessed on September 5, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Hutter, Schang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hutter, Jean Albert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Derendingen SO