Hans Aeschbacher (18 January 1906 – 27 January 1980) was a

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Personal life

Aeschbacher was born in Zurich.

Career

Though originally trained as a

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, he taught himself to draw and paint. At the age of about 30 years old, he began to sculpt. His early works were predominantly terra-cotta and

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, but by 1945, he was sculpting almost exclusively with stone. His earlier sculptures were very abstract and geometrical, and also quite large in size. In the mid-1950s, Aeschbacher began using mostly volcanic rock as a medium, and his sculptures became more fluid and smaller. By the late 1950s, his sculptures again became angular and large, with pieces as large as tall. His work ''Explorer I'' is located at the

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Death and legacy

Aeschbacher died in Zurich on 27 January 1980.

References

20th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters 1906 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Swiss sculptors 20th-century Swiss male artists {{Switzerland-sculptor-stub