Theo Eble

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Theo Eble (1899–1974) artist, painter, graphic artist, glass painting, fresco, grave in the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stad
Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stad
Theo Eble (1899–1974) artist, painter, graphic artist, glass painting, fresco, grave in the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stad
Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stad

Theo Eble (born June 1, 1899 in Basel , Switzerland ; † May 2, 1974 in Basel) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist . He is one of the most important representatives of realistic, factual painting in the 1920s and abstract painting after the Second World War .

life and work

Theo Eble received his training from 1916 to 1920 at the trade school in Basel and took lessons from Paul Kammüller , Arnold Fiechter and Albert Mayer. From 1922 to 1925 he was a master student of Karl Hofer at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin . In 1925 Eble married the Berlin painter Julia Ris (born September 21, 1904 in Kingston upon Hull ( England ), † December 16, 1991 in Basel). The two moved to Basel. In 1926 Eble went on extensive study trips to Italy and France , in 1930 he spent almost a year in Ticino painting.

From 1931 to 1967 Theo Eble taught drawing at the trade school in Basel. In 1933 he was a co-founder of the Swiss artist group « Gruppe 33 ». Some of his works emerged from the competitions of the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt .

From 1934 he started abstract painting . He had his first solo exhibition in 1939 (together with Paul Camenisch ) in the Marguerite Schulthess Gallery in Basel. In 1935 his daughter Doris was born. He married a second time in 1949, this time Helli Merkle. In 1953 and 1954 he had the first exhibitions of his abstract works in Basel , Zurich , Chur and Glarus . 1956 to 1957 he built his studio house on the Bruderholz in Basel. His art received international attention and recognition: Theo Eble had exhibitions in France and the USA , in 1958 he was a participant in the Venice Biennale and in 1959 in documenta 2 in Kassel . In the years 1961 to 1963 Eble undertook long study trips to Greece .

Important exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1939: Marguerite Schulthess Gallery, Basel
  • 1950/57: Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel
  • 1958: Kestnergesellschaft Hannover ; Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum Hagen and Baden-Baden Municipal Art Gallery
  • 1959: Graphisches Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt am Main
  • 1960: First retrospective , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1963: Galerie Riehentor, Basel
  • 1965: Works from 1955-1965 , college building of the University of Basel
  • 1966: Abstract Landscapes 1966 , Galerie Riehentor, Basel
  • 1970: Second retrospective : Theo Eble, works 1960–1970 , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1974: Chain motif, Liatowitsch Gallery, Basel
  • 1977: Theo Eble, drawings, watercolors, paintings , gallery "zem Specht"
  • 1980: Theo Eble, works 1934–1953 , Galerie von Bartha Basel
  • 1981: Theo Eble (1899–1974), early works , gallery "zem Specht"
  • 1986: Theo Eble, drawings, watercolors, pictures , gallery "zem Specht"
  • 1988: Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker, Basel
  • 1991: Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker, Basel Theo Eble , painting exhibition of the representational and abstract epoch ; Art space, Davos Platz
  • 1994: Carzaniga + Ueker Gallery, Basel
  • 1999: Theo Eble on his 100th birthday, figuration 1922–1943 , 1st studio exhibition, Henze & Ketterer Gallery, Wichtrach / Bern

Group exhibitions

  • 1918: First group exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1926: GSMBA, Basel section, Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1928: Young Basler , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1933: Group 33 , Marguerite Schulthess Gallery, Basel
  • 1934: Group 33 , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1936: " Allianz ", Time Problems in Swiss Painting and Sculpture , Kunsthaus Zürich
  • 1938: " Allianz ", New Art in Switzerland , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1942: " Allianz ", Association of Modern Swiss Artists , Kunsthaus Zürich
  • 1943: 10 years "Gruppe 33" , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1947: " Allianz ", Association of Modern Swiss Artists , Kunsthaus Zürich
  • 1948: Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris
  • 1950: «Gruppe 33», Galerie Kléber, Paris
  • 1951: Swiss Art Exhibition , Bern Art Museum
  • 1953: 20 years of «Gruppe 33» , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1954: "Allianz", Association of Modern Swiss Artists , Helmhaus Zurich; Basel painter , Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur ; « Group 33 », Kunsthaus Glarus
  • 1955: Carnegie Foundation Exhibition, Pittsburgh
  • 1956: club bel étage, Zurich (with Jean Arp , René Acht , Francis Bott , Fritz Winter and Walter Bodmer ); Abstract painters , Galerie Beyeler, Basel
  • 1957: La Peinture Abstraite en Suisse , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Neuchâtel
  • 1958: Venice Biennale ; Non-representational painting in Switzerland , Winterthur and Berlin ; GSMBA, Basel section , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1959: documenta II , Kassel
  • 1960: 16 painters from Basel , Kunsthaus Zurich
  • 1968: Basel artist , Kunsthaus Aarau
  • 1979: Diagonale und Kreis , Galerie von Bartha, Basel
  • 1983/84: 50 years of «Gruppe 33» , traveling exhibition: Kunsthalle Basel, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Villa Malpensata Lugano, Musée Cantonale des Beaux-Arts Lausanne
  • 1999: "Gruppe 33" - with homage to Theo Eble on his 100th birthday , Galerie Carzaniga + Ueker, Basel

Works

In addition to his painterly and graphic work, Eble also (from 1961) created numerous wall paintings in and on public buildings. His work was shaped by the realistic, factual painting of the 1920s. The subjects of his early work were landscape paintings and images of cities and their lives. He always reduced his visual language to the bare minimum. His abstract paintings and graphics - often laid out in numerous series of variations - were always kept simple.

Works in public space

  • Glass window in the eye hospital of the University of Basel (1953)
  • Mural " Flying Ride " in the Wasgenring school building in Basel (1954)
  • Mural in the new Kunstgewerbeschule Basel (1961)
  • Mural " From my garden " in the Felix Platter-Spital Basel (1966)
  • Mural in the Bodenacker high school in Liestal (1969/70)
  • Mural in the foyer of the Swiss Bank Corporation in Basel (1971)

Works in museums and collections

literature

  • Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
  • Georg Schmidt: My dear 33 friends . In: Künstlervereinigung Gruppe 1933 Basel, Basel 1939
  • Werner Schmalenbach: Theo Eble . In: Catalog of the Kestner Society , Hanover 1958
  • Ulrich Seelmann-Eggebert: The painter Theo Eble . In: Catalog Theo Eble, works 1960–1970 . Kunsthalle Basel 1970
  • Dorothea Christ : Theo Eble 1899–1974 on his work 1930–1950 . In: Catalog: Theo Eble. Bartha Gallery, Basel, 1980
  • Dorothea Christ: Theo Eble . In: Yvonne Höflinger-Griesser u. a .: Gruppe 33. The history of «Gruppe 33» on the 50th anniversary of a Basel artists' association . Editions Galerie «zem Specht», Basel 1983
  • Dorothea Christ: The importance of group 33 . In: Basler Stadtbuch 1983, pp. 31–41.
  • Helli Eble: Homage to Theo . In: Catalog of the Carzaniga + Ueker Gallery, Basel 1988
  • Agathe Straumann, Basel-Stadt Education Department. Theo Eble. In: Art for Basel: 75 years of art credit Basel-Stadt. Art in public space. Schwabe Verlag, Basel 1974, ISBN 3-7965-0968-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1953, glass window in the eye hospital


personal data
SURNAME Eble, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH May 2nd 1974
Place of death Basel