Otto Staiger

Otto Staiger (born 3 September 1894 in Basel, † September 5, 1967 ) was a Swiss painter and glass artist. He dedicated his work to the watercolor and woodcut.

Life

He was a member of the group red-blue, later a founding member of the Basel group 33 Kunsthalle Basel is dedicated to him in 1965 with Charles Dick and Charles Hindenlang an exhibition.

In 1911, he made ​​glass painting in Basel. 1919 to 1922 he worked in Geneva with the painter Hans Stocker, there he turned away from the traditional dark-toned painting. In 1922 he moved to Besazio in Ticino. In 1925 he joined the group of red-blue, which also included Paul Camenisch, Albert Müller and Hermann Scherer. 1926-29 he led the glass window at the newly built church of St. Anthony in Basle with Hans Stocker. In 1927 he returned to Basel. 1933 co-founder of the Basel Artists Association Group 33 Since 1938, he had his own stained glass workshop at Birsstrasse in Basel.