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Galerie Michael Haas
Niebuhrstraße 5
10629 Berlin
Galerie Michael Haas
Niebuhrstraße 5
10629 Berlin
Kunst Lager Haas
Lise-Meitner-Straße 7-9
10589 Berlin
Kunst Lager Haas
Lise-Meitner-Straße 7-9
10589 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 88 92 91 0
Mail: contact@galeriemichaelhaas.de
Phone: +49 (0) 30 88 92 91 0
Mail: contact@galeriemichaelhaas.de
1930 born in Mörigen, canton of Bern
1947-50 education at the art school of Max von Mühlenen, Berne
1950-52 further education with Hans Schwarzenbach, Bern
1969 first large-size realistic paintings
1970 family and group scenes, “Situations”-portraits
1972 participation at the „documenta V”, Kassel, with the picture Medici
1976 Gertsch family moves to Rüschegg
1978 participation at the Venice Biennale
1980 Gertsch firsts starts painting a series of portraits with a self-portrait; followed by Irene, Tabea, Verena, Christina, Johanna
1986 Gertsch stops painting and concentrates on large-scale woodcuts
1994 starts painting again; by 1999 Gräser I-IV and Silvia I (1997/98) are created
1999 solo show at the Venice Biennale
2002 opening of the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf/CH
2005 Retrospective at the Museum Franz Gertsch and the Kunstmuseum Bern, further venues of the exhibition are Aachen, Tubingen and Vienna (2006)
2007-11 cycle of the four seasons with the paintings Herbst [Autumn] (2007/08), Sommer [Summer] (2008-09), Winter (2009) and Frühling [Spring] (2010/11)
2011 Franz Gertsch. Jahreszeiten [Seasons], works from 1983 to 2011, Kunsthaus Zürich
2011-13 Guadeloupe triptych with Maria (2011/12), Bromelia (2012) and Soufrière (2012/13)
2012 Frühling [Spring] (2010/11) is used as backdrop for the official photograph of the Swiss Government; Swiss Post issues three stamps inspired by Franz Gertsch’s woodcuts