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Franz Gertsch was born on 8 March, 1930 in Mörigen, Switzerland, is a Swiss painter (1930–2022). Discover Franz Gertsch's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 8 March 1930
Birthday 8 March
Birthplace Mörigen, Switzerland
Date of death 21 December, 2022
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Nationality Switzerland

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1930

Franz Gertsch (8 March 1930 – 21 December 2022) was a Swiss painter and printmaker who was known for his large format photorealistic portraits and detailed studies of nature.

Gertsch was born 1930 in Mörigen, Switzerland.

1947

Between 1947 and 1952 he studied with Max von Mühlenen and Hans Schwarzenbach in Bern.

1969

The artist’s first large sized realist paintings date from 1969, when he painted “Huaa…!”, based on a film still showing a 19th century cavalryman the moment he’s been hit by a bullet.

1970

“Huaa...!” initiated the turn to the artist’s brightly coloured photorealistic works of the 1970s, which were often based on Gertsch’s own documentary-style snapshots of family and friends.

With these works, Gertsch gained attention as an observer of Swiss counterculture.

His self-titled “situation portraits” include the artist’s depictions of his gender fluid friends getting ready for a party, which was called “a new art form” by the American psychologist and LSD guru Timothy Leary.

1972

In 1972, he took part in the documenta 5 in Kassel with his painting "Medici".

Following his participation in the 1972 documenta, Gertsch’s new work featured more tightly framed figures.

1976

From 1976 to 2013 he created a total of 28 paintings and 15 monochrome woodcuts; he worked on a single composition for up to a year.

1978

He participated in the 1978 and 2003 Venice Biennale and had a solo show there in 1999.

This phase of the artist’s work ended in 1978–1979 with five portraits of rock musician Patti Smith.

In these paintings, Gertsch presents the rock icon in a realistic and authentic way, crouching in front of an amplifier, leaning forward into a tangle of microphones, or seen from behind or to the very edge of the painting.

Moving between painting and printmaking, and portraiture and landscape, he maintained an investment in the photorealist image and its simultaneous citation and monumentalization of the photographic instant.

Gertsch’s figurative and photorealistic works can be associated with the European Pop art movement and with contemporary artists such as Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke in Germany, as well as Chuck Close in the USA.

Just like these three artists, Gertsch’s point of departure is the photographic image.

Focusing on detailed nature studies and close-up portraits, Gertsch however developed his unique style separating him from the social commentary and ironic motifs of Pop art.

1986

In 1986, Gertsch took a break from painting to master the woodcut printmaking technique, in which he has pioneered new territory.

In his woodcuts, the artist is said to use colour expressive rather than realistically, in order to define anew the relationship between colour and three-dimensional space.

The first motifs were monumental portraits of young women, the various prints were all in different colours and thus assumed the character of individual sheets.

In addition to the detailed work in cutting the wooden plates, Gertsch’s graphic prints entail time-consuming mixing and colour testing of binder and mineral pigments especially imported from Japan, and thorough testing of hand-made Japan paper for the best possible transfer of colour from the print plates to the finished result.

Colour played a central role for Gertsch – to the artist, the photographic image becomes a bearer of abstract qualities in colour and space.

In his own words: «The more I focus on the photographic image, the more I move away from it» – towards recognizing that colour and the work has their own life, separate from the motif.

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1990

Gertsch’s woodcuts were first shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1990, as part of the museum's "projects" series, curated by Riva Castleman.

His work has since been presented at several retrospective exhibitions, the latest due to open in June 2024 at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen.

2002

In 2002 Gertsch opened a Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf.

2019

On the 8 March 2019, Frantz Gertschs birthday, the Museums expansion was inaugurated by the Federal Councilor Simonetta Sommaruga.

Gertsch died on 21 December 2022, at the age of 92 in Riggisberg in Canton Bern.

Gertsch is known for his realistic paintings and woodcuts for which he developed a new technique.