Werner Miller

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Werner Miller (born December 4, 1892 in Biberist , † September 27, 1959 in Buchegg ) was a Swiss painter.

Life

His father Oscar Miller was a paper manufacturer and art collector in Biberist. Werner Miller got to know many artists personally at home. After graduating from high school and training in Paris, he studied with Ferdinand Hodler , Giovanni Giacometti and Cuno Amiet .

One of his works with the highest level of awareness is the picture Gstaad of tourist advertising painting in the counter hall of the Basel train station . Fritz Zbinden , Hans Berger , Hans Jauslin and Ernst Morgenthaler were among his artist friends . He also worked as an occasional writer and singer.

Posthumously, exhibitions took place in Fritz Zbinden's studio on Horgerberg and in Schlösschen Bleichenberg in Biberist. some of his works are u. a. also in the permanent collection of the Bleichenberg castle. The tiled stove in his former home in Buchegg is also a remarkable object.

literature

  • Werner Miller. Biberist 1973 , in the Open Library
  • Accompanying text memorial exhibition Werner Miller from May 14th to June 6th 1960, Solothurn
  • Exhibition catalog: Werner Miller December 4, 1892 - September 27, 1959: Exhibition, Schlösschen Vorder-Bleichenberg, Biberist, January 10 to February 4, 1973, Biberist, 1973
  • Cuno Amiet - Werner Miller. An artist friendship in postcards. With a preface by Curt Blass. Solothurn 1965

from Werner Miller:

  • Werner Miller. Holidays in Grindelwald. Country house cantata. Fürio, Fürio. Solothurn 1961. Edition of 200 copies.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basler Bahnhof: Last train for painting restoration In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of May 13, 2014
  2. ^ Dossie Art in the train station: New old colors in the train station in Basel In: K + A Art + Architecture in Switzerland of the GSK issue No. 4/2015
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaverist
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1959
Place of death Buchegg