Peter Meister
b. 13 August 1934 in Zollbrück (CH), d. 9 March 1999 in Zürich (CH); Swiss sculptor
He lived in Zürich, but spent long periods in Vienna, Hamburg and Paris.
1950-1954 | Apprenticeship as a sculptor under the Zürich restorer Willi Stadler, while simultaneously taking courses at the Zürich arts and crafts school. Other stages in his training were the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and the Berlin University of the Arts. |
1959 | Founder member of the Symposium of European Sculptors in St. Margarethen, Burgenland, Austria |
1965–1985 | Visits to Pietrasanta, Tuscany |
1973-1975 | Teaching posts, including at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan |
1980-1982 | Teaching post at the Zürich School of Arts and Crafts |
1963 | Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Foundation Prize |
Exhibitions:
Numerous solo exhibitions in galleries, participation in national and international sculpture exhibitions
1961 | 6th Biennale voor Beeldhouwkunst, Antwerp |
1969 | "European Sculpture Today", Vienna Secession |
1977 | Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris |
1982 | "Stone Sculpture in the 20th Century", Kunsthaus Zug |
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