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Oscar Wilhelm (Oskar) Luthy BIOGRAPHY
1882 Bern, Switzerland - 1945 Zurich, Switzerland. Known for: Abstract landscape, still life, portrait and religious theme painting.
Oscar Wilhelm Lüthy (Oskar Wilhelm Lüthy) studied architecture at the School of Applied Arts, Bern, Switzerland, and lived from 1903 to 1907 in the Canton of Valais. There he made his first attempts... Read full biography
Oscar Wilhelm Lüthy (Oskar Wilhelm Lüthy) studied architecture at the School of Applied Arts, Bern, Switzerland, and lived from 1903 to 1907 in the Canton of Valais. There he made his first attempts at painting, which was the plein aire method. Then he went temporarily to Munich for private... Read full biography
Oscar Wilhelm Lüthy (Oskar Wilhelm Lüthy) studied architecture at the School of Applied Arts, Bern, Switzerland, and lived from 1903 to 1907 in the Canton of Valais. There he made his first attempts at painting, which was the plein aire method. Then he went temporarily to Munich for private painting classes with Hans Lietzmann, and came into contact with religious painting. In 1911 he founded a modernist organization, The Artist Group, with Jean Arp and Walter Helbig in Weggis, and with that... Read full biography
Oscar Wilhelm Lüthy (Oskar Wilhelm Lüthy) studied architecture at the School of Applied Arts, Bern, Switzerland, and lived from 1903 to 1907 in the Canton of Valais. There he made his first attempts at painting, which was the plein aire method. Then he went temporarily to Munich for private painting classes with Hans Lietzmann, and came into contact with religious painting. In 1911 he founded a modernist organization, The Artist Group, with Jean Arp and Walter Helbig in Weggis, and with that Group, participated in three exhibitions until 1913, including in 1912 the Kunsthaus Zurich. After studying in Italy and Paris, he settled in Zurich. From 1918 to 1920 he participated in exhibitions with the Basel Artists Association "New Life". In... Read full biography
Oscar Wilhelm Lüthy (Oskar Wilhelm Lüthy) studied architecture at the School of Applied Arts, Bern, Switzerland, and lived from 1903 to 1907 in the Canton of Valais. There he made his first attempts at painting, which was the plein aire method. Then he went temporarily to Munich for private painting classes with Hans Lietzmann, and came into contact with religious painting. In 1911 he founded a modernist organization, The Artist Group, with Jean Arp and Walter Helbig in Weggis, and with that Group, participated in three exhibitions until 1913, including in 1912 the Kunsthaus Zurich. After studying in Italy and Paris, he settled in Zurich. From 1918 to 1920 he participated in exhibitions with the Basel Artists Association "New Life". In 1920 he signed the Dadaistenmanifest. Through his friendship with the painter Otto Meyer-Amden,... Read full biography
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Oscar Wilhelm Lüthy (Oskar Wilhelm Lüthy) studied architecture at the School of Applied Arts, Bern, Switzerland, and lived from 1903 to 1907 in the Canton of Valais. There he made his first attempts at painting, which was the plein aire method. Then he went temporarily to Munich for private painting classes with Hans Lietzmann, and came into contact with religious painting.
In 1911 he founded a modernist organization, The Artist Group, with Jean Arp and Walter Helbig in Weggis, and with that Group, participated in three exhibitions until 1913, including in 1912 the Kunsthaus Zurich.
After studying in Italy and Paris, he settled in Zurich.
From 1918 to 1920 he participated in exhibitions...But wait, there's more...
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