Walter Kretz
Walter Kretz (born December 18, 1942 in Steckborn ) is a Swiss sculptor .
Life
Kretz trained with Hans Brogni in Biel , was a teacher at the School of Design in Bern and received various national grants and awards. He deals with art in public spaces , mainly with concrete and building sculpture as well as with graphic prints . With his work he took part in numerous art exhibitions as well as in 1983 at the 2nd Burgdorf Sculptor Symposium «Artists work with wood». His work also includes parts of the 1998 sculpture path “Free to be - Equal to be” in Grauholz near Bern , which artistically dealt with Bern's development from the old Confederation to the modern federal state.
Exhibitions (selection)
- Tell 73 , group exhibition, Lausanne, Basel, Bern, Lugano, Zurich (1973)
- Swiss sculpture exhibition Biel (1975)
- II. Bern Art Exhibition (1975)
- Outdoor sculptures , Kunstmuseum Thun (1996)
- Two- and three-dimensional , School for Design Bern (2009)
- Installation , Galerie Christine Brügger (2009)
- Sculpture Park Kultur Arena Bern Wittigkofen (permanent)
literature
- Walter Kretz, outdoor sculptures. Kunstmuseum Thun , 1996.
Web links
Commons : Walter Kretz - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Kretz, Walter. In: Sikart (as of 2020)
- Literature by and about Walter Kretz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Walter Kretz in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Walter Kretz in kultur-arena-bern.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Exhibition of the school for design. Walter Kretz. In: Bernerbär . September 24, 2009 (archived on the Bern University of the Arts ; PDF; 236 kB).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kretz, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steckborn |