Carl Nathanael Burckhardt (13 January 1878, Lindau - 24 December 1923, Ligornetto) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. Although a modernist, his choice of subject matter was Neoclassically inspired.

Life and work

After his father's early death, his family moved to Basel. He began his studies in 1896, as a student of the painter,

Fritz Schider Fritz Schider or Schieder (13 February 1846, Salzburg - 15 March 1907, Basel) was an Austrian painter, engraver and art teacher. Biography He was born to a middle-class family of manufacturers. After completing his basic education, he entered ...

, then attended a private school operated by Heinrich Knirr in Munich. In 1899, he took a trip to Rome with his friend,

Heinrich Altherr Heinrich Altherr (11 April 1878, in Basel – 27 April 1947, in Zürich) was a Swiss painter. He is best known for his murals in churches and various public buildings. Biography His father, Alfred, was a pastor. He had his first art lessons fro ...

, drew his interests toward sculpting. In 1901, he started work on his first sculpture, featuring Zeus and Eros. He then came under the influence of

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and created a statue of Venus in 1904. Five years later, he won a competition for the design of niche figures and façade reliefs at the Kunsthaus Zürich. The reliefs featured Amazon figures that were cut by his assistant, in 1912. From 1913 until his death, he was an active member of the . One of his best known works is an Amazon leading a horse, on the

Mittlere Brücke The Middle Bridge (german: Mittlere Brücke ommon name/ german: Mittlere Rheinbrücke fficial name french: Pont du Milieu) is a historic bridge in the Swiss city of Basel. It is situated on the oldest existing bridge site across the Rhine, ...

. It is also his last work. The casting was done after his death. Other public works in Basel include the portal relief at the Pauluskirche and a bronze statue of

St. George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

slaying the dragon; which was awarded first prize in a competition held by the , to design a figure for a stairway in the Kohlenberg District."Sanierung der Bronzeskulptur Amazone bei der Mittleren Brücke"
@ Hochrhein Zeitung He was married to the painter, Sophie Hipp, younger sister of the painter . Their son was the religious scholar, Titus Burckhardt. He died after a brief illness at his home in Ticino. In 1954, a commemorative exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel featured works by Burckhardt and . A major retrospective was held in 2018 at the Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto.

Selected works

File:Carl Burckhardt Wiese 2015.jpg, Northern fountain at the Basel Badischer Bahnhof File:Carl Burckhardt Amazone.jpg, Amazon Leading a Horse, at the Mittlere Brücke File:Carl Burckhardt Basel.jpg, St. George and the Dragon File:Carl Burckhardt Rhein 2015.jpg, Southern fountain, at the Bahnhof

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Publications on Carl Burckhardt
@ the Katalog Helveticat of the Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek * * Wilhelm Barth
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burckhardt, Carl 1878 births 1923 deaths Swiss painters Swiss sculptors People from Pfäffikon District

Life and work

Selected works

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