Balthasar Burkhard
Balthasar Burkhard | |
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Born | 24 December 1944 Bern |
Died | 16 April 2010 |
Nationality | Swiss |
Known for | Photography |
Style | Large-format photography |
Balthasar Burkhard (24 December 1944 – 16 April 2010) [1] was a Swiss photographer who received international recognition for his large-format monochromatic photographic series.
Life
Born in Bern in 1944, Burkhard was apprenticed to photographer Kurt Blum. After opening his studio in 1965, he was retained as documentation photographer by the Kunsthalle Bern, cooperating closely with curator Harald Szeemann and portraying many artists.[2] This triggered Burkhard's interest in contemporary art. He came to international attention in 1969 through the exhibition of large-format photographs created together with the Bernese artist Markus Raetz, which included a 1:1 scale photograph of Raetz's study. Burkhard and Raetz were the first artists worldwide to expose photographs directly onto canvases using a self-developed technique.[3]
After moving to the United States, Burkhard tried to find work as an actor in
After his return to Switzerland in 1983, he worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Bern, cooperating with several other artists. His works came to be regularly exhibited worldwide, at times in up to 20 group exhibitions simultaneously.[5] From 1990 to 1992, Burkhard taught as a visiting lecturer at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, having moved to France in 1990. Towards the end of the 20th century, he began to focus on urban photography and directed the film Ciudad (film).[5] In 2007, he married Vida Rudis, a teacher whom he had met in Chicago.[6]
Work
Burkhard, who almost always worked in
His work has been praised for its "
Burkhard and his work are the subject of an episode of the 2005
References
- ^ Photographer Burkhard dies Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Balthasar Burkhard". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
- ^ Niederhauser (2010): "Als erste Künstler weltweit belichteten die beiden in einem selber entwickelten Verfahren Leinwände."
- ^ a b c d e Niederhauser, Brigitta. "Der Jäger versteckter Schönheit". Der Bund (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Balthasar Burkhard 65-jährig gestorben". Der Bund (in German). 16 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Pionier des Monumentalen". Berner Zeitung (in German). 17 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Debraine, Luc (17 April 2010). "Décès de Balthasar Burkhard". Le Temps (in French). Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Balthasar Burkhard: Visions of the Ineffable". Deutsche Börse Art Collection. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Fotostiftung Schweiz". Balthasar Burkhard, Photograph, Einzelaustellungen.
- ^ "Balthasar Burkhard". "Paysages en poésie" exhibition website. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "PHOTOsuisse: Balthasar Burkhard" (in German). 3sat. Retrieved 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Official website
- Biography in German by his publisher, Scheidegger & Spiess
- List of exhibitions and collections at artfacts.net
- Works and exhibitions at artnet.com