Stefan Haenni (born 4 August 1958 in

Thun , neighboring_municipalities= Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg , twintown = , website = www.thun.ch Thun (french: Thoune) ...

) is a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and a crime novel writer.

Biography

Stefan Haenni visited the Schule für Gestaltung in

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

and studied at the University of Bern and the Université de Fribourg history of art and psychology. With his painting Haenni reached in the 1980 first appreciations. He realized among other things works with the portraits from the Nobelprice winner Nagib Machfus and the surrealistic Swiss painter

Meret Oppenheim In Egyptian mythology, Meret (also spelled Mert) was a goddess who was strongly associated with rejoicing, such as singing and dancing. In myth Meret was a token wife occasionally given to Hapy, the god of the Nile. Her name being a reference ...

. The leading subject of modern oriental painting reached Haenni after a trip along the Nile in 1990. Many works were created after that like '' West-östlicher Divan'' from

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

, the series of ''Monde Arabe'' and

Lawrence of Arabia Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...

– new paintings about an old film. "Haenni's paintings live from affection for the world of the Orient without denying their anchoring in Western culture and are such important messengers of international understanding as no other Swiss artist has to show in this perseverance and at the same time lightheartedness."Stefan Biffiger In: ''Stefan Haenni, Orient und Okzident'', ArchivArte, 2008, p. 37. His works are collected in several Swiss Museums of Modern Art, Swiss Banks (BEKB, Credit Suisse, UBS) and private Art-Collections. Since 2009 Stefan Haenni has also written five crime novels about the Thun private detective Hanspeter Feller (Gmeiner Verlag). The first three novels ''Narrentod'', ''Brahmsrösi'' and ''Scherbenhaufen'' form the ''Thun Crime Trilogy'', in which the court jester Charles the Bold as Fulehung, Johannes Brahms with the Thun Sonata">Johannes_Brahms.html" ;"title="Fulehung, Johannes Brahms">Fulehung, Johannes Brahms with the Thun Sonata or Heinrich von Kleist with the broken jug were at the center of the plot. The crime novel ''Tellspielopfer'' is about a robbery murder in the area of the Tellspiele Interlaken. ''Berner Bärendreck'' tells the story of a Bernese patrician who gets into trouble because of a painting by

Ferdinand Hodler Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of ...

. ''Todlerone'' in 2021 is a collection of 24 shortstories playing in the Bernese Oberland. With the anthology ''Zürihegel'' in 2022, he expanded the murderous radius into the Zurich Oberland. Stefan Haenni lives in Thun/Switzerland.

Exhibitions (selection)

* 1979, 1985: Weihnachtsausstellung, Kunstmuseum Thun * 1984: Stefan Haenni, Galerie Wendeltreppe, Schloss Schadau,

/Switzerland * 1985: Young artists, Volkswirtschaftskammer from the Berner Oberland, Interlaken * 1988: Milkproject, Intermilch, Ostermundigen * 1988: Vernissage without works, Galerie am Kreis, Bern * 1989: People and Portraits,

Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art New York (SI) is an independent non-profit contemporary art organization founded in 1986. SI is located at 38 St Marks Pl, the corner of Second Avenue and St Marks Place in the East Village neighborhood of Manhatt ...

* 1990: Projekt Querschnitt, Kinomuseum Moskau * 1991: Projekt Querschnitt, Freiraum Helmkestrasse, Hannover * 1991: Querschnitt – the Printedition, Weisser Saal, Museum of modern art, Bern/Switzerland * 1992: Querschnitt ist tot - es lebe der Querschnitt, Kunstmuseum Thun * 1995: Mannsbilder – Frauenzimmer ( Sylvie Fleury, Urs Stooss,

David Hockney David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists o ...

, Stefan Haenni), Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 1997: New pictures from Aegypt, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 1997: From the beginning of art, museum of modern art Olten/Switzerland * 1999: Konnex Kairo, Stefan Haenni, Not Vital a.o., Museum of modern art Thun/Switzerland * 1999: The promised Rosegarden, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 2006: From the Niesen to the pyramids, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 2008: Orient and Okzident, Villa Schüpbach, Art Collection Steffisburg * 2009: Durch die Blume (Flower view), Samuel Buri, Stefan Haenni, Shirina Shabhazi, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 2013: A bed of roses, Stefan Haenni,

Ottmar Hörl Ottmar Hörl (born 1950 in Nauheim, Germany) is a German conceptual artist, sculptor, installation, action, photography, and object artist. He achieved worldwide popularity due to his radical, avant-garde art concepts as well as large-scale projec ...

, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 2013: Dazzling, New pictures and tondos, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 2015: United Colors,

Jim Avignon Enfants Terribles also Nana ET Matvey
, Website of the artist duo, Retrieved 16 August 2015. is an artist duo consisti ...

, Stefan Haenni, Teruko Yokoi, a.o., Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern * 2018: Printemps oriental, Galerie Hodler, Thun

Crime novels

* ''Narrentod. Fellers erster Fall''. Gmeiner, Messkirch 2009, . * ''Brahmsrösi. Fellers zweiter Fall''. Gmeiner, Messkirch 2010, . * ''Scherbenhaufen. Fellers dritter Fall''. Gmeiner, Messkirch 2011, . * ''Berner Bärendreck. Fellers vierter Fall''. Gmeiner, Messkirch 2019, . * ''Tellspielopfer. Fellers fünfter Fall''. Gmeiner, Messkirch 2020, . * ''Todlerone. Winterkrimis''. Gmeiner, Messkirch 2020, . * ''Zürihegel. Winterkrimis''. Gmeiner, Messkirch, 2022, .

References

*''This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.'' *

Bibliography

* Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft (Hrsg.): ''Künstlerverzeichnis der Schweiz 1980–1990.'' Huber, Frauenfeld 1991. * Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft (Hrsg.): ''Biographisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst.'' Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich 1998, Band 1. * Steffan Biffiger: ''Stefan Haenni: Orient und Okzident – Mit Werkverzeichnis Malerei 1978 bis 2008.'' ArchivArte, Bern 2008, . * Christoph Geiser: ''Stefan Haenni: Der Aegyptenzyklus.'' Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern 1998. * Andreas Langenbacher: ''Dromedar und Ketzerkönig.'' In: ''Stefan Haenni: Kunstmuseum Thun, 24. September bis 1. November 1992.'' Museum of Modern Art Thun, Thun 1992. * Hans Christoph von Tavel: ''Stefan Haenni: Barocklahoma.'' Ausstellungskatalog, Galerie Martin Krebs, Bern 1994. * Franziska Streun: ''Thun – Ein Lesebuch'', Zytglogge Verlag, Bern 2014, p. 100/101. * Paul Ott: ''Mord im Alpenglühen, Der Schweizer Kriminalroman - Geschichte und Gegenwart'', Chronos Verlag, Zürich 2020, p. 223/224.

External links

* *
Stefan Haenni bei artnet

Stefan Haenni currency designs

swissmint Swissmint is the official mint of the Swiss Confederation. Located in the Swiss capital city Bern, it is responsible for manufacturing Swiss franc coins, both of the currency and bullion variety. Apart from making coins for the government, Swissm ...

for the Swiss National Bank {{DEFAULTSORT:Haenni, Stefan 1958 births Living people 20th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters 21st-century Swiss painters 21st-century Swiss male artists Swiss male novelists Swiss writers in German Swiss contemporary artists 21st-century Swiss novelists People from Bern-Mittelland District Swiss-German people Currency designers Artists from Bern 21st-century male writers People from Thun 20th-century Swiss male artists Writers from Bern