oscar, wiggli, march, 1927, january, 2016, swiss, composer, sculptor, biography, edit, born, solothurn, 1927, after, working, years, mechanic, studied, architecture, zurich, university, from, 1949, 1951, created, first, wrought, iron, sculptures, 1955, since, . Oscar Wiggli 9 March 1927 26 January 2016 was a Swiss composer and sculptor 1 Biography editOscar Wiggli was born in Solothurn in 1927 After working a few years as a mechanic he studied architecture at the Zurich University from 1949 to 1951 He created his first wrought iron sculptures in 1955 Since 1956 he lives in Paris and in Muriaux in Switzerland In 1980 his works were shown in the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale From 1981 on he also started experimenting and composing with electronic instruments 2 In 2007 a retrospective was held in the Kunstmuseum Bern with the Zentrum Paul Klee both in Bern 3 Notes edit Matthias Frehner 31 January 2016 Oscar Wiggli gestorben Das Lebensprinzip Eros Neue Zurcher Zeitung Socon biography of Oscar Wiggli Kunstmuseum Bern Archived 2011 05 24 at the Wayback Machine announcement of the retrospective with info on the artistExternal links editNeue Zuricher Zeitung review of Wiggli s work Wiggli Oscar SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland nbsp This article about a Swiss sculptor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Swiss composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oscar Wiggli amp oldid 1211604179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
