Wilhelm Hartung (painter)

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Oriel picture of the Kanzleistrasse colony on Zurich's Seebahnstrasse
Façade painting Train of the armed Zurich women on the Lindenhof (house "zum Leopard", Zurich)
Hartung's facade painting at the Schweizer Heimatwerk in Zurich

Wilhelm Hartung (born August 2, 1879 in Raperswilen , Canton Thurgau, † January 4, 1957 in Zurich ) was a Swiss painter , fresco artist and graphic artist . He was the father of Willi Hartung and the brother of Eugen Hartung .

Live and act

Hartung studied at the University of Design and Art (HGKZ) , which emerged from the Zurich School of Applied Arts , founded in 1878 . In 1924 he took part in the Zurich City Theater Competition. He also worked as a designer of posters ( Art Nouveau poster for the Fête fédérale de chant, Neuchâtel 1912 and the vegetarian restaurant Hiltl , 1913) and stage sets.

Hartung created murals on various buildings in the city of Zurich: 1923/1924 the procession of armed women from Zurich to the Lindenhof on Strehlgasse, 1927 Manesse and Zähringer on Manesse- and Mühlegasse, 1925 a plinth on the house "zur Reblaube", 1939 the facade at the Swiss Heimatwerk near the Rudolf-Brun-Brücke . His murals can also be found in schools and kindergartens (Langmatt / Witikon 1934, Leimbach 1944, Laubegg 1946).

For the Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich (ABZ) he painted various residential colonies: in 1928 the Sihlfeld colony, in 1930 the Neugasse colony in District 5. In 1930 he painted around forty facade paintings for the Kanzleistrasse colony in Zürcher Aussersihl in the tradition of the Zürich cooperative paintings of the interwar period . The extensive work shows a diverse image of society from the first half of the 20th century.

His son was Willi Hartung and his brother was Eugen Hartung .

Exhibitions

  • XI. International Art Exhibition Munich 1913, Swiss Department, pre- exhibition in the Kunsthalle Basel 1913.
  • Exposition suisse des Beaux-Arts, Geneva 1918.
  • Catalog of the XVI. National art exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich in 1925.
  • Catalog. XVII. National art exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich in 1928.
  • New Swiss Wall Painting , Kunsthaus Zurich 1934.
  • Zurich artist. Sculptures - paintings - drawings. 1939.
  • Zurich Section, GSMBA. Kunsthaus Zurich 1947.
  • Swiss Art Exhibition, Basel 1956.

literature

  • Willy Rotzler, Stefan Paradowski and Thomas Bolt: The poster in Switzerland. With 376 short biographies of poster designers. Stemmle Publishing House, Schaffhausen 1990.
  • Stefanie Wettstein: Ornament and Color. On the history of decorative painting in sacred spaces in Switzerland around 1890. Dissertation University of Zurich , 1995/1996.
  • Bernadette Fülscher: Art in the public space of the city of Zurich. 1300 works - an inventory. Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-0340-1084-9 .
  • Bernadette Fülscher: The longing for a better world in Wilhelm Hartung's facade paintings. In: Seebahnstrasse Zurich Aussersihl. Cooperative settlements of the ABZ and BEP. New Year's Gazette 2013 of the Heimatschutz of the City of Zurich, ISBN 978-3-033-03704-5 .

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Hartung  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartung, W. & Gebrüder Fretz (Zurich): XXIIme Fête fédérale de chant, Neuchâtel, 12-16 et 19-23 June 1912 / . Europeana . Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ Illustration on the Hiltl website , accessed on June 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ Stadtzürcher Heimatschutz: Seebahnstrasse Zurich Aussersihl. New year sheet. Zurich 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Hartung, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Raperswilen
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1957
Place of death Zurich