Background
Bodmer, Walter was born on August 12, 1903 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Gottlieb and Mistress (Gessier) Bodmer.
Bodmer, Walter was born on August 12, 1903 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Gottlieb and Mistress (Gessier) Bodmer.
Educated Ecole des Arts et Metiers, Basel.
Professor drawing Ecole des Arts et Metiers. Member of commission Foundation Kiefer-Hablitzer, Lucerne Switzerland. Member Commission Art Museum, Basel.
Work represented museums, Basel, Zurich, Saint Gall, Bern, Stuttgart, Germany, Modern Art Museum Paris, Museo civico, Turin, Italy, Middleheim Park, Antwerp, Belgium, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sculpture exhibited Commercial University Saint Gallery Executed relief for Swiss School in Rio de Janeiro, 1971.
Relief for entrance lobby, main office building Hoffmann-Louisiana Roche Incorporated., Nutley, New Jersey, also relief for entrance main office building Hoffman-LaRoche, Basel, Switzerland.
Member of commission Foundation Kiefer-Hablitzer, Lucerne Switzerland. Member Commission Art Museum, Basel.
Married Marthe Eckerie, 1945.