Eye to Eye. Homage to Ernst Scheidegger
A photojournalist who worked for the renowned agency Magnum Photos, Scheidegger is internationally renowned for his artist portraits. A multifaceted and multilayered figure, Scheidegger was also a painter, graphic designer, filmmaker and later a gallery owner and publisher.
The exhibition Eye to Eye. Giacometti, 顿补濒铆, 惭颈谤贸, Ernst, Chagall. Homage to Ernst Scheidegger traces the career of this extraordinary figure, presenting more than one hundred images. These include a numerous selection of previously unpublished early shots, dated 1945 - 1955, and his famous artist portraits, commissioned from the mid-1950s onwards. In the second section of the exhibition, the photographic portraits are presented alongside a selection of works by the artists themselves.
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A photojournalist who worked for the renowned agency Magnum Photos, Scheidegger is internationally renowned for his artist portraits. A multifaceted and multilayered figure, Scheidegger was also a painter, graphic designer, filmmaker and later a gallery owner and publisher.
The exhibition Eye to Eye. Giacometti, 顿补濒铆, 惭颈谤贸, Ernst, Chagall. Homage to Ernst Scheidegger traces the career of this extraordinary figure, presenting more than one hundred images. These include a numerous selection of previously unpublished early shots, dated 1945 - 1955, and his famous artist portraits, commissioned from the mid-1950s onwards. In the second section of the exhibition, the photographic portraits are presented alongside a selection of works by the artists themselves.
Artists on show
- Alberto Giacometti
- Cuno Amiet
- Eduardo Chillida
- Ernst Morgenthaler
- Fernand Léger
- Franti拧ek Kupka
- Fritz Glarner
- Georges Vantongerloo
- Germaine Richier
- Henri Laurens
- Jean Arp
- Joan Miró
- Le Corbusier
- Marc Chagall
- Max Bill
- Max Ernst
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Richard Paul Lohse
- Salvador Dalí
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- Verena Loewensberg
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