Franz K. Opitz

Franz Karl Opitz ( born November 5, 1916 in Zurich, † 16 December 1998 Obfelden ) was a Swiss painter, photographer, poet, musician and author with large scale awareness.

Life

He served an apprenticeship as a shoemaker in his parents' master shoemaker business in Zurich, where he worked until 1940. In 1931, he joined the orchestra in joint rhinestones, he later spent 30 years as a violinist in the orchestra society Zurich at the conductor Marius Meng.

He received his first lessons in painting 1932-1934 Willy Fries and from 1938 to 1940 with Otto Friedrich Emil Séquin in Zurich. From 1938 he used various graphical techniques such as woodcut, lithography, etching, aquatint and was from 1940 worked as a freelance painter.

In 1944 he married Heidi Opitz Sturny in the church Unterstrass, Zurich. She then studied abroad in Paris and study trips in the Netherlands, Belgium, Southern France, Italy, Spain and Morocco.

In 1949 he became a member of the club for original prints, from 1950, he began with the execution of natural stone mosaics and from 1951 he was a member of the artist group Octogon.

With the birth of daughter, Elizabeth, in 1953, his photographic talent unfolds. This led to the award Master of Leica, and the publication of two volumes of photographs and several exhibitions.

  • Circus Photos of Franz K. Opitz, from the Swiss National Circus KNEE.

Ex Libris Book Club Zurich, 1960, Hanns Reich Verlag in Munich.

  • Carnival Photos of Franz K. Optiz, text by Hans Mohler

Ex Libris Book Club Zurich, 1963, Orell Füssli Verlag

1967 he joined the Rotary Club Knonaueramt, between 1965 and 1970 he makes the transition to pure abstraction. Published in 1982, Franz K. Opitz his first volume of poetry Heitere poems, in 1997 his work was followed by the garden gnome. He died on 16 December 1998 shortly after his 82nd birthday, at his home in Obfelden.

Quotes

" Franz K. Opitz could look back on a long artistic path. This way he is just gone carefully as his works are composed. As he turned away in favor of pure abstraction from the object, it happened after a long maturing and he mastered the new style, as if he had cared for him throughout his life. The big jumps were not his thing, just as shouting or propaganda. " (Hans A. Lüthy )

"Among art historians Opitz not regarded as the inventor. Its strength lies rather in the silent poetry and excellent craftsmanship creativity. "(Martin Müller- Reinhart )

" Drawing and painting, playing the violin, taking pictures, forge verses - such a dense artistic diversity can ultimately come only in a harmonious people to develop. " ( Albert Müller)

"He loves the silence that makes him the highest concentration for his painting. This sensitive exploration of his paintings featuring his work. "(Prof. H. Hess)

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