Victor Surbek

Surbek's most prominent work, the 1929 fresco Beginning of Time on the Zytglogge in Berne.

Victor Surbek (1885–1975) was a Swiss painter from Berne.

After studies in Italy, Germany (Kunstgewerbeschule München, Kunstgewerbeschule Karlsruhe) and Paris (Académie de la Grande Chaumière), he married fellow painter Marguerite Frey in 1914 and operated a painting school with her up until 1931. Surbek travelled widely and displayed his works at numerous expositions after 1905. In 1964, he and his wife set up a foundation to care for his works and archives in Spiez.

Much influenced by Hodler, Surbek was a typical representative of Swiss figurative art. His very extensive work includes mainly landscapes, but also detail studies, portraits and still lifes.

References

Victor Surbek in the SIKART dictionary and database
(German) Biography on g26.ch

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