Franz Gertsch (1930 - 2022)
1930-03-08Mörigen, Switzerland2022-12-21Riggisberg, SwitzerlandGermany
Franz Gertsch
Franz Gertsch is one of Switzerland's most outstanding contemporary artists. Throughout his career, he has produced a wide range of paintings and graphic works in which he tries to find a particular approach to reality. Although the author uses photographs or slide projections as his starting points, the paintings adhere to a logic of their own which seeks the correctness of all elements. Woodcuts also occupy a special place in Franz Gertsch's work.
Date and place of birt: | 8 march 1930, Mörigen, Switzerland |
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Date and place of death: | 21 december 2022, Riggisberg, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Engraver, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist, Wood carver |
Genre: | Portrait |
Art style: | Post War Art, Hyperrealism, Contemporary art |