Background

Gerber was born in Thun, Switzerland, on April 15, 1928.

Education

Théo Gerber attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel.

Career

Gerber belonged to the avant-garde Ulysses group until 1956. Then he turned to abstract art and started painting cityscapes. In the 1960s, after having spent a lot of time in Africa, Théo Gerber limited his palette to various shades of grey. By 1965 he had lived in Paris for ten years; during this time he turned to Surrealism and his painting became apparently dynamic.

One of his most beautiful and largest oil paintings was dedicated to Africa. In August 1997 it was presented as a gift to South African President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his official visit to Switzerland.

Achievements

• Théo Gerber is a distinguished painter, who is notable for his surrealistic works. Among the most prominent paintings are the following: Marriage, Vision, Le Tourel, Réve Bleu, etc.

Works

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  • Au pays de nulle part

  • Réve Bleu

  • En se dévorant

  • Même sur ce plan là il faut qu'ils s'amusent bien

  • Vision

  • Je les ai deviné trop souvent au fond de l'eau

  • Le vent à tourné

  • Au bord du désert

  • L'amour du téléphone

  • Himalaya

  • Parfois je retourne chez eux

  • Forêt convulsive

  • Dans l'œil du cyclone

  • Le point tombé

  • Brousse africaine

  • Azania

  • Ils rêvent de quitter le tableau

  • Turm zu Babel

  • Opération secrète

  • L'espace du dedans

  • Le Tourel

  • L'appel du voyageur

  • Giacometti à la coupole

  • Marriage

  • Untitled

  • Panta rhei

  • Les voilà

  • Grand cathedral

  • Composition fantastique

  • Composition

  • Le printemps en automne

  • La pluie tombera sur...

  • Évenement

References

• Ghiribizzi: Zeichnungen Dessins German Edition.
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