Untitled (Portrait of Pestalozzi)
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Year
- c. 1911
- Material
- Sandstone
- Location
- Enge School, Studerstrasse 56, above the main entrance
Background
The untitled portrait of Pestalozzi, made of sandstone and dating from around 1911, sits above the main entrance of the Schulhaus Enge at Studerstrasse 56 in Bern. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educator, born in Zurich in 1746 and died in Brugg in 1827. He also worked as a politician and philosopher and became known as a school and social reformer. The artist and the exact making of the work have not yet been documented.
Researched and summarised by Bärn Kit. Sources: Kultur Stadt Bern, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (offene Daten) · Wikipedia (de): Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
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