Genre
Painting, prints. Photorealism.
CV
Born 1930 Mörigen / Bern. Lives and works in Rüschegg.
since 1986 | large-format, colour-sensitive woodcuts, mineral paint on Japanese paper |
Solo exhibitions (selection) 2004 | New York, Gagosian Gallery Chelsea,
Franz Gertsch | 2003 | Essen, Museum Folkwang, Franz Gertsch | 2002 | Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch | | Chur, Bündner Kunstmuseum | 2000 | Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst | 1997 | Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof | 1993 | Frankfurt, Städel |
Group exhibitions (selection) 2004 | Zurich, Migros Museum, The Future Has a Silver Lining. Genealogies of Glamour | | Vienna, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Porträts - Picasso, Bacon, Warhol... | | Langenthal, Kunsthaus, Sammlung Beat H. Koenig | 2003 | Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch | | Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Franz Gertsch - Patti Smith | | Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch, Horizonte | 2002 | Paris, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Urgent Painting | 2000 | Berlin, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Faces | 1978, 1999 | Venice, Biennale | 1997 | Lyon, Biennale | 1972 | Kassel, Documenta 5 |
Collections (selection)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Kunsthalle Kiel
Kunstmuseum Bern
Lenbachhaus, Munich
Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Sprengel Museum, Hannover |
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© Thomas Gerber, Burgdorf / Courtesy of Franz Gertsch Museum
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