Markus Zürcher
Illustration — Markus Zürcher, 2009 Markus Zürcher (February 24, 1946 in Herisau – February 16, 2013) was a Swiss painter and representative of conceptual art and minimalism. Zürcher completed his initial training as Schaufensterdekorateuer in St. Gallen, after which he shifted his residence to Bern.
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Markus Zürcher
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- 1946. · Herisau.
- Died
- 2013. · Sedrun.
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- Switzerland.
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- German.
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Subsequently, he attended free art courses and worked as stage designer. From 1971 to 1976 he studied painting at the Art Academy in Stuttgart, K.R.H. Sonderborg, then at the Gesamthochschule Kassel, studying sculpture and painting with Eberhard Fiebig, which he finished in 1983 with a diploma. Markus Zürcher was active in the Society of Swiss Painters, Sculptors and Architects, but left in the early 1990s, and retreated largely from the active art scene. Since 2000 he was once more active, instrumental in the field of painting and theoretical, conceptual work.
His early work revealed a pronounced radicalism in dealing with minimal shapes; the use of color was largely avoided. Lithographs were created in limited editions, which emphasized this attitude. His later works, which as a whole had a unified, conceptual structure, actually played with colour. He had collaborated with writer and author Raphael Urweider.
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Markus Zürcher (24 February 1946 – 16 February 2013) is described as an artist, sculptor, draughtsman and installation artist in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Markus Zürcher was born on 24 February 1946 in Urnäsch and died on 16 February 2013 in Tujetsch.
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1946
Markus Zürcher born at Herisau.
2013
Markus Zürcher died at Sedrun.
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• Neue Galerie Kassel (Hrsg.), Markus Zürcher, Zeichnungen, 1986. • Berner Künstler stellen sich vor, GSMBA (Hrsg.), 1985. • Werro/Sandoz/Blancone (Hrsg.); Der Blaue Berg - SOS 12, 1984. • Zaugg/Egger; Lokaltermin Atelier, Verlag Bernische Kunstgesellschaft, 1987. • Frammenti, Interfacce, Intervalli. Paradigmi della Frammentazione nell' Arte Svizzera. A cura di Viana Conti. Genova: Edizioni osta & nolan 1992, S. 154–155, 202–203. • Us/Koselleck/Breitenstein (Hrsg.), Bürokartie, 2010, S. 46 ff.
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