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Jean Tinguely (1925 – 1991)

The machine sculptures engage in a loud and multi-coloured conversation with the onlooker: Through his works, Jean Tinguely communicates and interacts with the spectator. The machine functions and becomes art. Tinguely’s artworks sparkle with wit, vitality, irony and poetry. Seen against a deeper background, though, they also reveal a feeling for tragicomedy, for the enigmatic and inscrutable.

#1: Jean Tinguely als Pfadfinder, ca. 1935, Fotograf unbekannt. #2: Jean Tinguely, ca. 1942, Fotograf unbekannt #3: Schaufenster von Jean Tinguely, Buchhandlung Tanner, Basel, Mai 1950. #4: Schaufenster von Jean Tinguely, Kost Sport, Basel, Mai 1949. #3 und 4: Fotos Peter Moeschlin

<< | >> 1925 – 1947

1925: Born on May 22 in Fribourg. Mother and child move from Bulle to Basel in July 1925.
1931 – 1940: Schooling in Basel. 1941 – 1944: Apprenticeship as a decorator.
1944: Attends courses at the School of Arts and Crafts in Basel.
As of 1947: Frequents the circle of the Basel anarchist Heiner Koechlin.