#otto staiger

[mybeingthere]

Paul Camenisch (1893 - 1970) was a Swiss architect, draftsman and painter. He was a co-founder of the expressionist artist groups «Rot-Blau» (also of "Rot-Blau II") and the «Gruppe 33».

Camenisch studied architecture at the ETH Zurich under Karl Moser. From 1916 to 1919 he was a construction manager in East Prussia, Danzig and Berlin. From 1921 to 1924 he painted his first watercolors with fantastic architectural landscapes. In 1924 he moved to the "Villa Loverciano" in Castel San Pietro in Mendrisiotto. There his friends Hermann Scherer and Albert Müller encouraged him to paint and from 1925 he turned away from architecture completely and became a full time artist.

On New Year’s Eve 1924/1925, Paul Camenisch, Hermann Scherer and Albert Müller founded the Group "Rot-Blau”, an artists’ association modeled on “Die Brücke”, which made the most important contribution to Swiss Expressionism.

In the summer of 1926, Camenisch and his future wife Martha Hörler spent three months with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Frauenkirch for the first time ; further stays followed. In the same year, the third and final exhibition of the artist group "Rot-Blau" took place in the Kunsthalle Basel, organized by the sponsor and curator Wilhelm Barth. Kirchner acquired the portrait of the sculptor Hermann Scherer from Camenisch and shortly afterwards donated it to the Museum Folkwang in Essen. There it was confiscated in 1937 in the Nazi campaign " Degenerate Art ". It was shown in 1937 in the Nazi exhibition " Degenerate Art " in the Haus der Kunst in Munich and has been considered lost ever since.

Camenisch initially based his work on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in terms of color and form. At the beginning of the 1930s, his style moved away from expressionism.

After the deaths of Scherer and Müller, the "Rot-Blau", also known as "Rot-Blau" II", was re-founded in 1928 with Hans Stocker , Coghuf (Ernst Stocker), Otto Staiger, Charles Hindenlang and Max Sulzbachner.

In 1933 he married Martha Hörler and in the same year he was one of the co-founders of the Basel artists' association " Group 33 "; he was its president from 1937 to 1952. In 1953 he was expelled from the group because of alleged political activities on a cultural trip to Russi. In fact, alongside his painting, Camenisch was intensively involved in political work, initially in various aid committees such as the founding of the "Aid Organization for Women and Children in Germany" and in aid for emigrants, supported by his wife who was also a politically active member of the PdA . Due to the predominantly politically motivated artistic and social isolation, galleries in Basel were put under pressure by the Hypothekarbank to stop exhibiting Camenisch.

In 1959, Camenisch was able to present his work in a major solo exhibition at the Musée de l'Athénée in Geneva and in 1962 in Prague. He was involved in the preparations for a comprehensive exhibition of his work in August/September 1970 at the Kunsthalle Basel, but died on February 13 of the same year. He was buried in a grave in the Hörnli cemetery .

[elarafritzenwalden]

'Parktheater Grenchen' Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland; 1955

Ernst Gisel, Giovanni Crivelli; Salzmann & Emch (engineers); Otto Staiger (stained glass); Elsi Giauque (invited artist); (photography by Max Hellstern; Fredi Waldvogel)

see map | more information 1, 2

via "Das Werk" 43 (1956)

[llllllllllii]

Eröffnung von :ALS WÄREN ES MEINER DREI ..im Neuen Kunstverein Aschaffenburg am Samstag 1. Oktober,18 Uhr. Mit Justine Otto, Miriam Vlaming, Katrin Kunert, Catherine Lorent, Cornelia Renz, Eva Schwab und mir. Kuratiert von Justine Otto, Iris Solbès. Mit dem MalerinnenNetzWerk Berlin /Leipzig zu Gast im KunstLANDing Abbildung: - Stephanie Dost: -Desiree Nosbusch und Bodo Staiger in Der Fan, 1982- , Tusche auf Papier, 2022, 17,50 x 25 cm #stephaniedost #malerinnennetzwerkberlinleipzig #kunstlanding #lovers #inkdrawing (hier: KunstLanding) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGUlOeIbZp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[charlesreeza]

Stained glass entrance to Kunstmuseum Basel designed by Otto Staiger and Charles Hindenlang.

[elarafritzenwalden]

'Antoniuskirche Basel', Catholic Church St. Anton Basel, Switzerland; 1925-27

Karl Moser, G. Doppler & Sohn, Otto Staiger (stained glass), Hans Stocker (stained glass)

see map | more information 1, 2, 3 | images | videos 1, 2

via "Das Werk" 14 (1927) + "Schweizerische Bauzeitung" 88/89 (1927)

[elarafritzenwalden]

Stained-glass art pieces by Otto Staiger at the Fachmaturitätsschule Basel (1961-64); designed by Hans Beck and Heinrich Baur Basel, Switzerland (photography bu Moeschlin + Baur)

see map | about the artist

via "Das Werk" 52 (1965)