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ALFONs BUERGLER

Lives and works in steinen, switzerland
 www.alfonsbuergler.ch
artist contact
 alfonsbuergler@bluewin.ch

Alfons Buergler was born in Illgau, Switzerland in 1936 and attended munity of Hünenberg, Switzerland, which provided him with financial
public schools in Illgau and Disentis. After pursuing various professi- support and a studio for his work for them. Beginning in 1969 Alfons
ons, he began courses in drawing, painting and sculpture at the School Buergler has exhibited regularly in group and one-man shows at the Art
of Art and Design in Lucerne and the New Art School in Zurich. He Museum of Lucerne, the Kunstszene in Schwyz and various galleries in
chose painting as his field of concentration and his first group-show Switzerland and abroad. Since 1985 he has led several art projects for
took place in 1969. The following years were devoted to developing and the Kunstszene in Schwyz, the 700th centennial celebrations of Swit-
refining his skills and style and included study trips to North Africa, the zerland and others and has taught courses for painting and drawing.
USA and various European countries. Up until 1990 he concentrated He was a co-curator of exhibits of artists from the Canton of Schwyz
on concrete painting. A move to abstraction began in 1991 that led for the Forum of Swiss History and is a member of the board of the
to a long period of non-representational painting, culminating in an Artists’ Association of the Canton of Schwyz. An exhaustive monograph
important discovery in 1998 which brought about a lasting change in was published by Triner in 2000 with 221 color reproductions of his
his style. His new works incorporate signs and figures in movement, early works as well as a biography and bibliography. His works can
remindful of hieroglyphics. Alfons Buergler calls this style of painting be found in many public and private collections. Alfons Buergler lives
“Körperschriften” and with this, has created a new artistic imagery. In and works in Steinen, Switzerland. During the summer he works in
2001 he was appointed artist in residence for 12 months by the com- his summer studio in Arth-Goldau, Switzerland.

 KörPersCHrIFTen (1262), 2004 acryLic on canvas (3 parts) 12x12 in. /30x30 cm.(eacH) TRENDS
KörPersCHrIFTen (1096, 1106, 1098, 1099, 1100), pLate 2004 ink on paper on wooD 80x12 in. /200x30 cm.(eacH)