Waldemar Fink
Waldemar "Waldo" Theophil Fink (born May 9, 1883 in Bern ; † May 20, 1948 ibid) was a Swiss landscape painter , best known for his mountain landscapes in the style of Hans Thomas .
Life
Waldemar Fink first completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter . He then continued his studies in Munich at the Weinhold-Schildknecht art school. From 1909 to 1922 Fink lived in Adelboden and Bern, from where he visited the Swiss Alpine regions in order to capture them in picturesque mountain landscapes. He also worked as a decorative painter. Fink exhibited his pictures in Munich, among other places. And modern auction houses also boast that he “enriched the dark-toned works of the prewar period with a light palette and mature contrasts”.
Works (selection)
- Autumn mountain landscape , 1908, oil on canvas, 31 × 57 cm.
- Winters day , 1912.
- Evening in the mountains , 1913.
- Early summer day in the valley , 1913.
- May evening mood , 1913.
- Homecoming by night , 1913, oil on canvas, 75 × 90 cm.
- The silence of the fields , 1913.
- Autumn Adelboden in Moos , 1915, oil on canvas, 79 × 59 cm.
- Summer day on the Aare near Worblaufen , 1920, oil on canvas, 59 × 80 cm.
- June morning near Grindelwald , 1924, oil on canvas, 120 × 123.5 cm.
- Autumn afternoon near Grindelwald , 1924, oil on canvas, 84 × 117.5 cm.
- Matterhorn with huts in Findelen ob Zermatt , 1927, oil on canvas, 60.5 × 91 cm.
- Glacier lake on the upper Findelen glacier , 1928, oil on canvas, 33 × 43 cm.
- March sun in Lauterbrunnen valley , 1929 Oil on canvas, 73.5 × 63 cm.
- Lake Thun with Niesen , 1934 Oil on canvas, 65 × 53.5 cm.
- Early summer near Bern Melchenbühl , 1939 Oil on canvas, 55 × 65 cm.
- On the way home at night , 1941, oil on canvas, 55 × 38 cm.
- On the Ferden-Kippel footpath , June 1942, oil on canvas, 46.5 × 36 cm (in the Lötschentaler Museum, Kippel).
Web links
- Fink, Theophil Waldemar (Waldo). In: Sikart
- Article Illustrierte Rundschau, Zurich, September 1913 with illustrations for the story of Klaus Inzuben and his daughter by Alfred Huggenberger and a portrait of Waldemar Finks by Johannes Jegerlehner .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fink, Waldemar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fink, Waldemar Theophil (full name); Fink, Waldo (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1948 |
| Place of death | Bern |