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Awarded the Eidgenössisches Stipendium (Federal Art Scholarship) in 1950, in 1955 Moeschlin was recognised with acceptance into the Kollegium Schweizer Photographen and in the same year his low-angle picture of two elderly women in animated conversation in the street was selected for [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]’s world-touring [[The Family of Man]] exhibition of that year curated by [[Edward Steichen]]. |
Awarded the Eidgenössisches Stipendium (Federal Art Scholarship) in 1950, in 1955 Moeschlin was recognised with acceptance into the Kollegium Schweizer Photographen and in the same year his low-angle picture of two elderly women in animated conversation in the street was selected for [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]’s world-touring [[The Family of Man]] exhibition of that year curated by [[Edward Steichen]]. |
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* Gewerbemuseum Basel (Hg.): ''Photographie in der Schweiz'' - Heute (cat.), Basel, Gewerbemuseum 1949. |
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* Collet, Maurice (Hg.): ''Photo 49. Photographie en Suisse''. Photographie in der Schweiz. Swiss photography, Reihe: Publicité et arts graphiques, Spezialnummer 1949. |
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* ''Organisationskomitee der 150-Jahrfeier des Kantons Aargau'' (Hg.): Jubilierender Aargau. Erinnerungsschrift zur 150-Jahrfeier 1953, Aarau, Buchdruckerei Neue Aargauer Zeitung 1953. |
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* Seiler, Alexander J.P.; Moeschlin, Peter: ''Casals'', Olten, Otto Walter 1956. |
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* Roedelberger, Franz Adam: ''Das Sonnenbuch vom Bündnerland, vom Wallis und Tessin'', Bern, Verbandsdruckerei 1957. |
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* Moeschlin, Peter: ''Gefahr Nordwest. Seenoteinsatz in der Nordsee'' [Film], 1958. |
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* Kübler, Arnold: ''Mitenand, gägenenand, durenand. Ein Bilderbuch vom Umgang mit dem Nächsten in der Schweiz'', Zürich, Ex Libris 1959. |
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* Klaus, Fritz; Strübin, Theodor; Moeschlin, Peter; Schellenberg, Heinrich; Rausser, Edith: ''Baselland zwischen Strom und Berg'', Genf, Ed. Générales 1959. |
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* Stoecklin, Hansjörg; Moeschlin, Peter; Pardey, Andreas: ''Fotografen sehen Jean Tinguely'': Hansjörg Stoecklin, Peter Moeschlin, Basel, Museum Jean Tinguely 1999. |
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* Hiltbrand, Robert; Hort, Hans Peter: ''Kuttlebutzer Basel 1957-1999'', Basel, Kuttlebutzer - Fasnachtsgesellschaft zum Saich 2003. |
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* Lüem, Barbara: ''Heimathafen Basel. Die Schweizer Rhein- und Hochseeschifffahrt'', Basel 2003. |
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==Exhibitions== |
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Revision as of 12:43, 25 June 2018
Peter Moeschlin (10.05.1924 - 2003) was a Swiss photographer known for reportage, press and publicity photography, for fine art imagery and as a motion picture director.
Life and professional work
Peter Moeschlin was born and was active in Basel, where he was apprenticed to Carl Hoffmann (1940-1943) and then took various employment as a photographer, including in the studio Eidenbenz (1943-1947).
Moeschlin spent eight months in England in 1947 as freelance reportage photographer and the following year spent several months in French North Africa. He was a reporter for Die Woche in the early 1950s, leaving to take up freelance professional work.
In 1951, in partnership with Christian Baur, he opened the Atelier Moeschlin + Baur in Basel, producing architectural,[1] industrial,[2] advertising[3] and art photography,[4] and publishing a picture book on Pablo Casals 1956.[5]
He made a documentary film 1956-8 and in 1959/60 he was an assistant director and manager of film productions.
After 1967 he returned to working from his own photographic studio.
Fine art photography
In his personal work he was a disciple of Otto Steinert’s ‘Fotoform’, of which Moeschlin's slow-shutter, semi-abstract Seagull in Flight was identified as an example by historian of photography Helmut Gernsheim[6] and featured in LIFE magazine.[7]
Recognition
Awarded the Eidgenössisches Stipendium (Federal Art Scholarship) in 1950, in 1955 Moeschlin was recognised with acceptance into the Kollegium Schweizer Photographen and in the same year his low-angle picture of two elderly women in animated conversation in the street was selected for MoMA’s world-touring The Family of Man exhibition of that year curated by Edward Steichen.
Publications
- Gewerbemuseum Basel (Hg.): Photographie in der Schweiz - Heute (cat.), Basel, Gewerbemuseum 1949.
- Collet, Maurice (Hg.): Photo 49. Photographie en Suisse. Photographie in der Schweiz. Swiss photography, Reihe: Publicité et arts graphiques, Spezialnummer 1949.
- Organisationskomitee der 150-Jahrfeier des Kantons Aargau (Hg.): Jubilierender Aargau. Erinnerungsschrift zur 150-Jahrfeier 1953, Aarau, Buchdruckerei Neue Aargauer Zeitung 1953.
- Seiler, Alexander J.P.; Moeschlin, Peter: Casals, Olten, Otto Walter 1956.
- Roedelberger, Franz Adam: Das Sonnenbuch vom Bündnerland, vom Wallis und Tessin, Bern, Verbandsdruckerei 1957.
- Moeschlin, Peter: Gefahr Nordwest. Seenoteinsatz in der Nordsee [Film], 1958.
- Kübler, Arnold: Mitenand, gägenenand, durenand. Ein Bilderbuch vom Umgang mit dem Nächsten in der Schweiz, Zürich, Ex Libris 1959.
- Klaus, Fritz; Strübin, Theodor; Moeschlin, Peter; Schellenberg, Heinrich; Rausser, Edith: Baselland zwischen Strom und Berg, Genf, Ed. Générales 1959.
- Stoecklin, Hansjörg; Moeschlin, Peter; Pardey, Andreas: Fotografen sehen Jean Tinguely: Hansjörg Stoecklin, Peter Moeschlin, Basel, Museum Jean Tinguely 1999.
- Hiltbrand, Robert; Hort, Hans Peter: Kuttlebutzer Basel 1957-1999, Basel, Kuttlebutzer - Fasnachtsgesellschaft zum Saich 2003.
- Lüem, Barbara: Heimathafen Basel. Die Schweizer Rhein- und Hochseeschifffahrt, Basel 2003.
Exhibitions
- 1949, Basel, Gewerbemuseum, Photographie in der Schweiz - Heute.
- 1952, Luzern, Kunsthaus, Weltausstellung der Photographie.
- 1999, Basel, Museum Tinguely, Sali Sepi - di Jeannot.
- 2004, Basel, Historisches Museum Basel, Blickfänger. Fotografien in Basel aus zwei Jahrhunderten.
References
- ^ muba: Recent Trends in Swiss Stand Design in Graphis; New York Vol. 11, Iss. 60, (Apr 1, 1955): 344-351.
- ^ Bewährte Photographen in Graphis; New York Vol. 16, Iss. 88, (Mar 1, 1960): 173
- ^ Butter, Werner. ‘Beetle Advertising in Germany’ in Graphis; New York Vol. 31, Iss. 181, (Sep 1, 1975): 418-421.
- ^ Lionni, Leo. ‘Of ART AND art’ in Graphis; New York Vol. 16, Iss. 91, (Sep 1, 1960): 440-444.
- ^ Seiler, Alexander J.P.; Moeschlin, Peter: Casals, Olten, Otto Walter 1956.
- ^ Gernsheim, Helmut (1962), Creative photography : aesthetic trends, 1839-1960, Faber and Faber, p. 200
- ^ LIFE 17 Jul 1950,Time Inc., ISSN 0024-3019, p.19