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Hermann Scherer (8 February 1893– 13 May 1927) was a
The group received a strong public reaction when they debuted their work at an exhibition at the Basler Kunstverein in 1925. At this time Müller had already left the group, who had already also exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich (1925). Individual works were rejected as offensive in both Basel and Zürich.
Although Kirchner and Scherer had fallen out in 1925, they remained connected by their love for Expressionism and Kirchner promoted the Rot-Blau group at the International Art Exhibition in Dresden in 1926.
Scherer became seriously ill in autumn 1926 and died in Basel 13 May 1927. The artist was commemorated that year by an exhibition at the
German-speaking Swiss
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The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 million ...
Expressionist
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painter
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and sculptor
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.
Life
Hermann Scherer was born inRümmingen
Rümmingen is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ...
, Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
in 1893. After leaving school in 1907, Scherer began an apprenticeship as a stonemason at the Schwab workshop in Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the ...
. From 1910 to 1919 he worked as a stonemason with a series of Basel
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sculptors: Carl Gutknecht, Otto Roos and Carl Burckhardt Carl Burckhardt or Karl Burckhardt may refer to:
*Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773–1825), German astronomer and mathematician
*Karl Burckhardt-Iselin (1830–1893), Swiss politician
*Carl Nathanael Burckhardt (1878–1923), Swiss painter and sculptor ...
. By working as a labourer and later assistant for Roos, he was able to pay for a small workshop. In 1919, Scherer took a new contemporary approach to art (and painting), and destroyed many of the works he had previously made. From 1921 to 1922 he was influenced by the work of the German painters Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group ''Die Brücke'' ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Oly ...
, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-centur ...
and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Karl Schmidt until 1905; 1 December 1884 – 10 August 1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.
Life and work
Schmidt-Rottluff was born in ...
.
In the early 1920s he visited an Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images.
His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...
exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich
The Kunsthaus Zürich is in terms of area the biggest art museum of Switzerland and houses one of the most important art collections in Switzerland, assembled over the years by the local art association called '. The collection spans from the Medi ...
and met Kirchner, whom he would later visit for several long painting trips in Davos
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from 1922 to 1924. In 1924 he finally had the opportunity to take part in an exhibition of new German art in Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
with three of his wood sculptors. Eventually, Scherer founded the artist group Rot-Blau with Albert Müller and Paul Camenisch
Paul Camenisch (7 November 1893 – 13 February 1970) was a Switzerland, Swiss expressionist Painting, painter, architect and illustrator. He was the founding member of the Rot-Blau group and Gruppe 33.
Biography
In 1912–16, he studied archit ...
in late 1924, later joined by Werner Neuhaus
Werner Neuhaus (1 November 1897, in Burgdorf, Switzerland, Burgdorf – 22 August 1934, in Lützelflüh) was a Swiss painter, printmaker and Drafter, draftsman. He was a founding member of the Swiss Expressionist :de:Gruppe Rot-Blau, Rot-Blau gro ...
.The group received a strong public reaction when they debuted their work at an exhibition at the Basler Kunstverein in 1925. At this time Müller had already left the group, who had already also exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich (1925). Individual works were rejected as offensive in both Basel and Zürich.
Although Kirchner and Scherer had fallen out in 1925, they remained connected by their love for Expressionism and Kirchner promoted the Rot-Blau group at the International Art Exhibition in Dresden in 1926.
Scherer became seriously ill in autumn 1926 and died in Basel 13 May 1927. The artist was commemorated that year by an exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel is a contemporary art gallery in Basel, Switzerland. As Switzerland's oldest and still most active institution for contemporary art, Kunsthalle Basel forms a vital part of Basel's cultural centre and is located next to the city's ...
, which displayed over 200 of his works. The Dreiländermuseum in Lörrach holds 118 of Scherer’s works, including many woodcuts and the "Portrait of Otto Staiger".
Legacy
A street and bridge in Rümmingen are named after Scherer. In 2004 the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern acquired the sculpture "Das kleine Mädchen" ("The little girl") from a Swiss art gallery for over 140,000 Euros.
Exhibitions
* 1926 Zürich, ''Ausstellung Rot Blau'' Kunsthaus Zürich * 1927 Dresden, ''Internationale Kunstausstellung'' * ·1994 Davos, ''Hermann Scherer'', Galerie Iris Wazzau * ·1995 Wichtrach/Bern ''Hermann Scherer'' Galerie Henze & Ketterer * 2007-2008 Bern, Kunstmuseum, Groningen, Groninger Museum, Chur, Bündner Kunstmuseum ''Expressionismus aus den Bergen - Kirchner, Bauknecht, Wiegers und die Gruppe Rot Blau'' * 2012-2013 Davos, ''Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Hermann Scherer. Eine Gegenüberstellung'' Galerie Iris WazzauReferences
*''This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.'' *Beat Stutze (Ed.): ''Hermann Scherer – Skulpturen, Gemälde, Holzschnitte.'' Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich 1999. {{DEFAULTSORT:Scherer, Hermann 20th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters 1893 births 1927 deaths 20th-century Swiss male artists