Otto Münch (1885–1965) was a German artist. The bronze doors of the

Grossmünster The Grossmünster (; "great minster") is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in Zürich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city (the others being the Fraumünster, Predigerkirche, and St. Peterskirche). Its congregation ...

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, are considered to be his most important work. The

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s on the south portal, showing

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scenes and other images of the history of the Grossmünster, were created in 1935–1938. The ones on the north portal, showing

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scenes, were finished in 1950.''Switzerland: A Phaidon Cultural Guide''. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985. pp. 423-424. .

Gallery

Image:Switzerland Zürich Grossmünster Charlemagne Münch 1935.jpg,

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on the bronze doors by Münch (1935) Image:Switzerland Zürich Grossmünster Zwingli Münch 1935.jpg,

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on the bronze doors by Münch (1935)

References

German male sculptors Swiss sculptors German modern sculptors 1885 births 1965 deaths 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists {{Germany-sculptor-stub