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1892 - 1971. Known for: Paintings of factory workers and building sites in Basel Switzerland.
Swiss painter Rudolf Maeglin (1892-1971) faithfully depicted workers, factories and building sites in Basel from 1919 until his death in 1971. Trained as a medical doctor in Geneva, Maeglin shortly... Read full biography
Swiss painter Rudolf Maeglin (1892-1971) faithfully depicted workers, factories and building sites in Basel from 1919 until his death in 1971. Trained as a medical doctor in Geneva, Maeglin shortly thereafter chose to leave the medical profession and his upper middle class upbringing and devote his... Read full biography
Swiss painter Rudolf Maeglin (1892-1971) faithfully depicted workers, factories and building sites in Basel from 1919 until his death in 1971. Trained as a medical doctor in Geneva, Maeglin shortly thereafter chose to leave the medical profession and his upper middle class upbringing and devote his life to his artwork. In the early 1920s, Maeglin traveled in Italy and France, where he honed his artistic skills at the art academies Grande Chaumière and Colarossi in Paris. Returning to Basel in... Read full biography
Swiss painter Rudolf Maeglin (1892-1971) faithfully depicted workers, factories and building sites in Basel from 1919 until his death in 1971. Trained as a medical doctor in Geneva, Maeglin shortly thereafter chose to leave the medical profession and his upper middle class upbringing and devote his life to his artwork. In the early 1920s, Maeglin traveled in Italy and France, where he honed his artistic skills at the art academies Grande Chaumière and Colarossi in Paris. Returning to Basel in 1927, Maeglin supported himself through work in construction and dye factories. His fellow workers as well as the city of Basel, undergoing urbanization, became his primary subjects. In 1933, he became a founding member of Group 33, a group of artists... Read full biography
Swiss painter Rudolf Maeglin (1892-1971) faithfully depicted workers, factories and building sites in Basel from 1919 until his death in 1971. Trained as a medical doctor in Geneva, Maeglin shortly thereafter chose to leave the medical profession and his upper middle class upbringing and devote his life to his artwork. In the early 1920s, Maeglin traveled in Italy and France, where he honed his artistic skills at the art academies Grande Chaumière and Colarossi in Paris. Returning to Basel in 1927, Maeglin supported himself through work in construction and dye factories. His fellow workers as well as the city of Basel, undergoing urbanization, became his primary subjects. In 1933, he became a founding member of Group 33, a group of artists opposed to Nazi influence. While Maeglin’s work was exhibited by the Kunsthalle Basel in 1970 in a two-person exhibition with Paul Cam... Read full biography
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- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student