WERNER THALER

 

Education and artistic activities

 

1941

• ​Born in Basel.

 

1948-1956

• ​Schools and training as an interior decorator and furniture designer in Basel.

• During the apprenticeship, intensive evening courses in various drawing disciplines at the trade school.

 

1961-1962 ​

• ​Part-time employee as a furniture designer.

 

• Half-day and evening courses (elective subjects) at the arts and crafts school (lectures by Prof. Dr. Georg Schmied in art history).

• Began as an autodidact in oil painting and sculptural design in clay and plaster.

 

1963

• ​Began as a freelance painter, regularly taking part in the art credit competitions and the Christmas exhibition. To earn a living, he did decoration work, designed and put together exhibition and trade fair stands.

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1965

• ​Basel City "free scholarship" for a study trip to Paris.

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1967

• ​Offer from the Department of Education in Basel-Stadt to move into the Cité-International studio in Paris (as the first aspirant).

• Joined the Farnsburg Group as an active member.

• In the 1960s, various works were purchased by the Kunstkredit and the Kunstmuseum Basel.

• Several exhibitions in Turkey, Italy, Basel, Geneva and Zurich.

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1971-1972​

• Basel City training scholarship

• Internships in woodworking, concrete casting, laminate and casting techniques with various plastics (increased interest in sculpture).

 

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​1973-1975

• ​​Various activities without artistic work.​

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​1976-1978​

• ​Training as a painting restorer (continuous practice of the profession to this day).

 

​1979-1982​​

• Expansion of a Lombard farmhouse with a large garden and biotope

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​1983

• ​​Resumption of intensive artistic work.

 

​1989

• ​​The work entitled "Between Earth and Heaven" was presented in a solo exhibition in the Klingental exhibition room in the barracks in Basel.