Theo Glinz
Glinz was born on 6 September 1890 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. His father was an art teacher in the local school district. He moved to eastern Switzerland in 1915; in 1927 he relocated to Horn.
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Theo Glinz
- Name
- Theo Glinz
- Born
- 6 September 1890
- Birthplace
- Lenzburg, Switzerland
- Died
- 10 May 1962
- Place of death
- Horn, Switzerland Theo Glinz (1890–1962) was a Swiss painter.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Fields
- young adult literature.
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Glinz was born on 6 September 1890 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. His father was an art teacher in the local school district. He moved to eastern Switzerland in 1915; in 1927 he relocated to Horn.
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• Name — Theo Glinz • Born — 6 September 1890 • Birthplace — Lenzburg, Switzerland • Died — 10 May 1962 • Place of death — Horn, Switzerland Theo Glinz (1890–1962) was a Swiss painter.
Selected works
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• Südliche Landschaft (Southern landscape), oil painting • Die Kirche von Carona (The church of Carona), oil on wood • Grosse Gartenlandschaft (Large garden landscape), oil on plywood • Waldlichtung (Forest clearing), pen and pencil on paper • Altenrhein, oil on plywood • Bad Horn, oil on canvas, 1933 • Landschaft bei der Grünau, Horn (Landscape at Grünau, Horn), pen and ink drawing on paper, 1941 • Er spricht zu seinem Volk (He speaks to his people), oil on plywood, 1942 • Landarbeiter bei der Ruhepause (Agricultural workers at rest), oil on panel, 1947
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1890
Theo Glinz born at Lenzburg.
1952
Theo Glinz: eine Betrachtung digitised by DataCite (E. Löpfe-Benz Rorschach).
1962
Theo Glinz died at Horn.
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• Literature by and about Theo Glinz in the catalog of the German National Library
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- 1.Georges Gloor. Hundertfünfzig Jahre Bezirksschule Lenzburg. 1985. 10.5169/SEALS-918076.
- 2.Akademie der Bildenden Künste München. 1911, Matrikelbucheintrag für Theophil Glinz.
- 3.Nekrolog für Theo Glinz. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch. Bd. 38, 1963, (archiviert in E-Periodica), abgerufen am 16. März 2021.
- 4.Nachruf für Kunstmaler Theo Glinz (1890–1962). In: Lenzburger Neujahrsblätter, Bd. 34, 1963, doi:10.5169/seals-918262#114, S. 85–88 (archiviert in E-Periodica der ETH Zürich), abgerufen am 28. Mai 2022.
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Glinz, Theo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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