German artist (1935–2014)
Fritz Schwegler (7 May 1935 – 3 June 2014) was a German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and musician.[1]
Born in theSwabian town ofBreech nearGöppingen, Schwegler was first apprenticed as a joiner to his father. He then traveled through the whole of Europe for three years, where he visited 21 cities.[2] As an artist, he first created image collages and spoken performances, entitled "Effeschiaden", "Effeschiadiana", "Effeschiaturen", "Moritafeln", "Zehnerschaften", "Viererreihen" and "Urnotizen",[3] accompanied by photographs and film sequences.[4] He later made wooden sculptures and a thousand from bronze.
Schwegler exhibited at thedocumentas 5 and 8 inKassel. In 1999 he received theHans Thoma Prize, and in 2003 he was awarded theBernhard Heiliger Award of Sculpture for outstanding achievements in the field of sculpture. According to the jurors,Werner Spies,Manfred Schneckenburger andDominic van den Boogerd, "at the end of the 20th century", he "created a register of plastic art without comparison".[5]
For three decades, Schwegler was a professor at theKunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was in close contact withJoseph Beuys.[6] He retired in 2001. Among his students wereThomas Demand,Katharina Fritsch,Martin Honert,Thomas Huber, andThomas Schütte. He married the sculptorGudrun Krüger.
- ^"Ehemaliger Kunstakademie-Professor Schwegler gestorben". 6 June 2014.
- ^Helga Meister,Die Kunstszene Düsseldorf. Recklinghausen, 1979, p. 182.
- ^Wolfgang Becker and Astrid Brock,Fritz Schwegler: Effeschiadiana, Effeschiaden, Effeschiaturen, Moritafeln, Zehnerschaften, Viererreihen und Urnotizen (1974).
- ^Karl Ruhrberg,Zeitzeichen: Stationen Bildender Kunst in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Cologne: DuMont, 1989, p. 591.
- ^SeeBernhard Heiliger FoundationArchived 18 July 2011 at theWayback Machine.
- ^Ehemaliger Kunstakademie-Professor Schwegler gestorben,ksta.de, 6 June 2014.
Select bibliography
[edit]- Wolfgang Becker, Astrid Brock, eds.,Fritz Schwegler: Effeschiadiana, Effeschiaden, Effeschiaturen, Moritafeln, Zehnerschaften, Viererreihen und Urnotizen. Exhibition catalog. Stadt Aachen, Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, 19 Jan. - 10 February 1974.
- Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg,Peter Kleemann, Marianne Roetzel, Fritz Schwegler. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, 1974.
- Helga Meister, "Fritz Schwegler", inDie Kunstszene Düsseldorf. Recklinghausen, 1979, pp. 182–184.
- Fritz Schwegler: Kunst der Erscheinung konnte so sein: Kleidungen zum Fünfzigsten. Düsseldorf, 1992.
- Lothar Romain,Fritz Schwegler: Erscheinungsmaßnahmen und Abulvenz. Hagen, 1983.
- Fritz Schwegler: Kohle, Wasser, Benzin. Strasbourg, 1996.
- Ferdinand Ullrich and Hans-Jürgen Schwalm, eds.,Fritz Schwegler: die tägliche Jubelrolle; 365 Öffnungen; nach 25 Jahren und 29 von 1000 Notwandlungsstücken (hier zurückgemalt). Exhibition catalog. Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, 1999.
- Helga Meister,Und keiner hinkt. 22 Wege vom Schwegler wegzukommen. Kleve and Düsseldorf, 2001.
- Ulrike Groos, ed.,Das unbewegliche Theater des Fritz Schwegler von Breech. Ostfildern:Hatje Cantz, 2004.
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