Jean Baier

Swiss (1932–1999)

About the artist:

Born on 24th February 1932. Citizenship St. Gallen, Switzerland. Lived in Sézenove, Geneva and Bernex. Attended primary school in Geneva and made an apprenticeship as mechanics. Visited evening school at the «Arts Industriel» in Geneva. Studied from 1947 to 1949 at the «École Des Arts Décoratives Genève», but is primary autodidact. 1952 Jean Baier married Yvonne Meyer. 1953 first concrete compositions are created and several mural works result. 1955 his technique was elaborated. At the 14th January 1999 Jean Baier died in Geneva. Awards: Swiss State Schoolarship, 1958, 1960, 1962 Schoolarship from the Kiefer-Hablützel Stiftung, 1959, 1961 Lauréat du prix International Château de La Sarraz, 1965 Prix Lélio Fiaux, Lausanne, 1969 Exhibitions: 1956 «Nationale Kunstausstellung», at the same time «Salon de Jeunes», Lausanne 1957 «La peinture abstraite en Suisse», Musée de Neuchâtel, Musée Rath, Geneva 1958 «Ungegenständliche Malerei in der Schweiz», Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Kongresshalle Berlin 1959 5th Biennale Sao-Paulo «Konkrete Kunst in der Schweiz», London «Junge Schweizer Künstler», Kunstverein Munich «Art Européen d‘aujourd‘hui», Galerie Kasper, Lausanne Galerie Palette, Zurich 1960 «43 Junge Schweizer», Kunstmuseum St. Gallen und Städtisches Museum Leverkusen «Konkrete Kunst, 50 Jahre Entwicklung», Helmhaus Zurich 1961 6th Biennale Sao-Paulo 2nd Biennale Paris, Musée d‘Art Modern Schweizerische Kunstausstellung, Lucerne Galerie Palette, Zurich 1962 Galerie im Griechenbeisl, Vienna Europe Forum, Alpach, Innsbruck und Vienna Gravures Contemporaines, Lübeck Biennale, Saigon Galerie Wunfengasse, Klagenfurt Galerie im Griechenbeisl, Vienna «Baier, Humbert, Thalmann», Galerie Hilt Basel 1963 Exposition personnelle, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen 1966 Galerie Palette, Zürich 1st Biennale, Nationalmuseum Krakau (1st Int. graphic biennale) «Art Suisse 1945-1965», Pforzheim und Stuttgart «Architectures formes et couleurs», Dogenpalast Venice 1967 «Formen der Farbe», Kunsthalle Bern Galerie Krugier, Geneva (Uhlmann/Florsheim/Baier) Galerie Aktuell, Bern «Unter 40», Galerie d‘Art Modern, Basel «Malerei und Plastik 11», Schweizer Konsulat Munich Kunstmuseum Glarus 1968 Galerie Tschanz, Soleur «Wege und Experimente», Kunsthaus Zurich Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne Galerie Palette, Zurich Galerie Historial, Nyon Musée des arts décorative, Paris «Jean Baier, Albert Rouiller», Museum Allerheiligen Schaffhausen 1969 Galerie Pauli, Lausanne Galerie Historial, Nyon Galerie 57, Biel «Exposition des peintures rhodaniens», Sieders Galerie Aurora, Geneva 1970 «Recherches et Expérimentation», Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Musée d‘Art et d‘Histoire Genève, Musée d‘Art et d‘Histoire Fribourg, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen «Moderne Schweizer Grafik», Künstlerhaus, Kulturamt Klangfurt 1971 «The Swiss Avant-Garde», The New York Cultural Center, New York/USA 1973 Musée de l‘Athénée, Geneva 1979-1980 «Artistes de Genève», Musée de Rath, Geneva 1883 Kunsthalle Winterthur 1992 «Gekauft, geliehen und geschenkt», Haus für konstruktive Kunst, Zurich

Jean Baier

Swiss (1932–1999)

(2 works)

About the artist:

Born on 24th February 1932. Citizenship St. Gallen, Switzerland. Lived in Sézenove, Geneva and Bernex. Attended primary school in Geneva and made an apprenticeship as mechanics. Visited evening school at the «Arts Industriel» in

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