Werner Meier (artist)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Werner Meier, 2016

Werner Meier (born September 2, 1943 in Zell , Canton Lucerne ) is a Swiss draftsman , painter , printmaker , object artist and sculptor .

Life

Werner Meier attended the Lucerne School of Applied Arts from 1961 to 1966 (today the University of Design ). In 1968 he continued his education at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf and won the 1973/74 scholarship for the Istituto Svizzero Roma. From 1976 to 1987 he was director of the Lucerne drawing school. Werner Meier lives and works mainly in Lucerne, but since 1965 also in other cities and countries around the world for a total of 12 years.

Awards

  • 1970: Kiefer Hablitzel scholarship
  • 1971: Prize of the Press Annual Exhibition at the Lucerne Art Museum
  • 1972: Federal Art Scholarship, (today Swiss Art Award )
  • 1972: Kiefer Hablitzel scholarship
  • 1973: Jubilee Foundation of the Swiss Volksbank
  • 1973–1974: Member of the Swiss Institute in Rome
  • 1974 Federal Art Scholarship
  • 1974: Recognition award from the Landes & Gyr Foundation
  • 1975: Prize from the Foundation for Graphic Arts in Switzerland

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1974: Kornschütte Lucerne
  • 1987: Galerie Priska Meier, Zell, interpretations of interpretations
  • 1994: Kornschütte Luzern, pictures and structures
  • 1995: Willisau Town Hall
  • 1997: Galerie Pavillon Werd Zurich
  • 2004: Art Panorama Lucerne
  • 2006: Kunstmuseum Luzern , Have a Nice Day
  • 2010: Sust Stansstad
  • 2016: Kornschütte Luzern, DIES & DAS & THAT, 1966–2016 Points of View

Web links

Commons : Werner Meier  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ THIS & THAT & THAT ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Points of View (anniversary exhibition) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtluzern.ch
personal data
SURNAME Meier, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss draftsman, painter, printmaker, object artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Zell , Canton of Lucerne