Theo Lauritzen
Theo Lauritzen (born July 8, 1911 in Geneva , † September 20, 1978 in Basel ) was a Swiss sculptor and draftsman .
Life
Theo Lauritzen attended high school in Geneva and studied painting and graphics at the École des Beaux Arts . In 1938 he moved to Olten and later to Zofingen and worked as a picture editor at Ringier Verlag. In 1943 he moved to Basel, where, in addition to his job, he attended the arts and crafts school and took the subjects of sculpture and sculpture. Lauritzen was one of the founders of Kreis 48 , a Basel artist group that went public in 1948 in the Beyeler Gallery and, from 1950, for the first time in the Basler Kunsthalle. In 1978 he died after a serious illness.
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The earliest sculptural works by Lauritzen, e.g. B. Piccolo player (1946) or horse with rider (1945) are still kept in the classic style. At the end of the 1940s he transformed his figures visibly upwards, making thin and larger-than-life sculptures reduced to a few elements. Countless drawings, sketches and smaller models led him to the shape he was looking for. Examples of these works are The Newspaper Seller (1951) in the Basel University Library or Man with Fish (1966), a drinking fountain figure from the Gotthelf School in Basel. His last major work is abstract and is called Game with Two Squares (1975). Iron plates lie and rise from the ground, "like a flock of birds about to take off".
literature
- Marie-Louise Hieronymus-Schaller: Theo Lauritzen 1911–1978. OSL-Verlag, Riehen / Basel 2011, ISBN 978-3-9523609-9-6 .
- Marie-Louise Hieronymus-Schaller: Theo Lauritzen - Discover and Share. In: M. Gass, M. Glatt and A. Jetzer (eds.): Die Basler Künstlergruppe Kreis 48. Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel 2016, ISBN 978-3-85616-810-0 , pp. 103–115.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lauritzen, Theo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 1978 |
| Place of death | Basel |