Tradition
- Artist
- Karl Schenk
- Year
- 1940
- Material
- Cast stone relief
- Location
- State Archives, Falkenplatz 4
Background
“Die Überlieferung” is a cast-stone relief by Karl Schenk from 1940 at the State Archive, Falkenplatz 4, in Bern. Karl Schenk (1905–1973) was a painter and sculptor born and died in Bern. At his father's insistence he first trained as a gravestone mason before turning to drawing and painting. After a stay in Paris he returned to his home city and worked there as a freelance sculptor and painter. Further background on this relief is not documented yet.
Researched and summarised by Bärn Kit. Sources: Kultur Stadt Bern, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (offene Daten) · Wikipedia: Karl Schenk (Künstler)
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Data: Kultur Stadt Bern (open data “Kunst im öffentlichen Raum”). Found a mistake? Write to hallo@uebrig.ch.