biography of Marcel DORTHE (1950)

Personal data


Birth : 1950 - , Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Switzerland

Address

, Switzerland

Professional data


Work and Life

2000:To mark his half-century of life, he organised a retrospective with sculptor Louis SUGNAUX from Glâne, Switzerland
1962:Paints with oil of poyas in the tradition of Gruyère area, Switzerland
In Fribourg Academy, Switzerland, he studied organ, harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and composition, and is even choirmaster

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media/board - Pigment

Subject

spirituality

Artistic periods

After barns and farms of Glâne area, interest in nature and began to paint series based on trees, Switzerland

Works

Racine de vie
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Relief
Materials : pastel-soil
Process : engraving
Supports : cardboard
Size : 100 x 120 cm
 
Bellérophon chevauchant Pégase
Date of creation : 2000
Materials : pastel
Subject : mythology
 
L'envol
Date of creation : 2000
Subject : spirituality
 
Exubérance
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Mixed media
Materials : pastel-soil
Subject : spirituality
Size : 70 x 72 cm
 
Vitraux
Subject : religion
 
Retable de la création
Subject : spirituality
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

Forumeyrin – Meyrin GE, Switzerland
03/23/2001 – 04/12/2001

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2001

PELLET Claude – Marcel Dorthe un peintre de la terre
in: Accrochages n° 25 p. 2
Lausanne VD, Switzerland
03/2001

Legals