Paul Camenisch

Paul Camenisch ( born November 7, 1893 in Zurich, † February 13, 1970 in Basel) was a Swiss architect, draftsman and painter. He was co-founder of the Expressionist groups red-blue (also of Red-Blue II) and the group 33

Life

From 1912 to 1916 he studied architecture at the ETH Zurich under Karl Moser. From 1916 to 1919 he was foreman in East Prussia, Danzig and Berlin. From 1919 to 1923 he worked in various architectural firms. 1921 to 1924 he painted watercolors with fantastic architectural landscapes. In 1923 he emigrated to the canton of Ticino, to become a painter. 1924/25, he founded the Expressionist artist group Red Blue with Albert Müller and Hermann Scherer, later Werner Neuhaus. In 1926 he stayed at Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Davos.

After the death of Scherer and Müller 1928 was the founding of the group Red-Blue, also known as Red-Blue II, with Hans Stocker, Coghuf (Ernst Stocker ), Otto Staiger, Charles and Max Hindenlang Sulzbachner. In 1933 he was a co-founder of the Basel Artists Association Group 33, 1936-1952 their president, in 1953, he was expelled.

Camenisch's works have been defamed in the 1937 Munich exhibition of "degenerate art". He had initially oriented in color and form to Kirchner, the early 30s, his style had already been removed from Expressionism.

Although his choice of motifs was influenced by his political stance, they did not seem intrusive and flat.