Otto Charles Bänninger (24 January 1897 – 15 May 1973) was a Swiss sculptor, born in

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on 12 December 1929. "Otto-C.-Bänninger-Weg" in Zürich is named for him.

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*Knabe mit Pferd, 1939, Schweizerische Landesausstellung in Zürich (destroyed) *Bullinger-Denkmal, 1939–1940, Zürich, Grossmünster *Der Genesende, 1946–48, Zürich, Universitätsspital *Remonte!, 1957, Olten, Aare-Brücke *Bronzeportal, 1957, Schaffhausen, Münster *Reiterstandbild Henri Guisan, 1967, Lausanne-Ouchy File:Picswiss_VD-46-36.jpg, Equestrian sculpture of

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, 1967 File:Heinrich Bullinger Grossmunster Zurich.jpg,

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, 1939–1940 File:Schaffhausen Münster-Portal.jpg, Portal of Münster Schaffhausen, 1939–1940

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* 1897 births 1973 deaths Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière 20th-century Swiss sculptors 20th-century Swiss male artists {{switzerland-sculptor-stub

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