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Ernst Linck

Swiss artist

Died when: 60 years 258 days (728 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Ernst Linck

Ernst Linck (14 October 1874 – 29 June 1935) was a Swiss painter.Born in Windisch, he became a decorator (apprenticeship in Zürich from 1889 to 1890) and then worked in several Swiss cities as a statue painter.

After two study trips to Italy in 1894 and in 1899 he settled at Bern, where he opened a school of painting that he carried on until 1912.

From 1904 on, he also taught figure drawing at the local school of art.Originally a Jugendstil painter, Linck became heavily influenced in Bern by the work of Ferdinand Hodler.

His paintings frequently depicted patriotic-pastoral settings.Linck also created several works of ecclesiastic painting (murals, but also painted glass windows).

He was contracted frequently as a restorer; he was responsible for the ornamental painting of the figures on the historic fountains in the town centre of Bern.

His son Walter Linck became a well-known sculptor.


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