ART ARCHIVES - SOUTH AFRICA

Roland Bugnon on the 11^th April, 2014 at the opening of his exhibition at the Akku-Emmen Foundation, Emmenbrücke, Switzerland

This website is intended to reflect a selection of Roland Bugnon’s early surrealistic works and his exhibitions in Johannesburg and Cape Town

from the Archives of The Haenggi Foundation Inc., Basel, Switzerland

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Updated 17th October, 2019

„Roland Bugnon“ (Bühlmann) (1981)

„Der Galerist – Eine Hommage an Werner Schindler (1929-1990)“ (von Tavel) (Publ. Bernhard Schindler) (1991) – ISBN 3-9520194-0-2

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg – 23^rd July, 1973

Sunday Express, Johannesburg – 29^th July, 1973

The Star, Johannesburg – July, 1973

South African Financial Gazette, Johannesburg – July, 1973

Art News, Johannesburg – 5th April, 1974 (illustrated)

ARTLOOK 89 Johannesburg - April 1974 Vol 7 No 4, p2 (illustrated)

South African Panorama, Pretoria “Canvassing South Africa” – June, 1976 pp 4+5 (illustrated)

„Roland Bugnon“ (Bühlmann) (Schindler) 1973

Roland Bugnon“ (Bühlmann) (Schindler) 1972

“Pour un otage”, 1972 – 4-col litho – ed. 200 – 56x76 cm

as auctioned by Jordaens NV, B-Mortsel – 14^th December, 2016 – Lot 712

Other works by Roland Bugnon auctioned in South Africa

2013 Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - two "Untitled" signed lithographs from 1974 - ed. 36/70 and 16/36 - meas. 43.5x35cm and 51x37cm

were auctioned in September, 2013, Lot P15

Selected Museums and Public Collections

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris (5 graphics)

Musée d’art de d’histoire Fribourg – MAFH – Museum für Kunst und Geschichte Freiburg (5 works)

Kunstsammlung Emmen, Emmenbrücke (5 works)

Kunstsammlung Walter und Emilie Koch-Anlliker, Emmenbrücke (27 works)

Selected Publications and News cuttings

1981 Lexikon der zeitgenössischen Schweizer Künstler (SIK, Zürich) (Verlage Huber) (Heusser) pp. 58/59 - ISBN 3-7193-0765-4

1991 Künstlerverzeichnis der Schweiz 1980-1990 (SIK) (Verlage Huber) (Jost) – ISBN 3-7193-1045-0

1991 Schweizer Lexikon 91 (Band I) (Verlag Mengis + Ziehr, Luzern) – ISBN 3-9520-144 (?)

1992 Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon – die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (Saur) (München)

1998 Biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst (SIK, Zürich) (K Jost NZZ) p. 175 - 2 Bände

Roland Bugnon is listed on Georges Visat's Wikipedia webpage

“Démon de garde”, 1972 – acquatint – 38x50 cm - ed. 60 (Ed. l’Oeuvre Gravée)

as auctioned by Germann Auctionhouse, Zurich – May 2008 Lot 371

“Le Jardin de Joëlle”, 1972 – 4-colour litho – ed. 80 – 56.5x76 cm

illustrated on Gallery 21, Johannesburg – invitation card

“Surreal composition”, 1971 – m/media – 48.3x63.5 cm

as auctioned by Dobiaschofsky, Bern – Nov. 2005 Lot 3641

“Untitled No. 6”, 1970 – oil/canvas – 64.5x79 cm

auctioned by Strauss Online, Johannesburg – 14^th November, 2016 – Lot 15 – realized ZAR8’000 excl.

“Joëlle”, 1972 – acryl/canvas – 145x116 cm (Schindler cat. 1973 - CHF6000)

„Roland Bugnon“ (Bühlmann) (Schindler) 1972 (ill.)

Fischer Luzern, November 1997, cat. 361, Lot 2201, p104 (ill.)

Selected works sold by Gallery 21 Johannesburg - South Africa

„Venus ailée“, 1971 – bronze ed. 10 / brass ed. 100 – 17.5x6x7 cm

Illustrated in „Roland Bugnon“ (Bühlmann) (Schindler) 1973,

listed in Fischer Luzern, November 1997, cat. 361, Lot 3182, p185

Roland Bugnon in his studio in Lucerne, about 1972

Brief C.V. to 1975

Roland Bugnon, born on 29^th January, 1939, in Fribourg, Switzerland; between 1954 and 1959 trained as photo retoucher, attending the School of Applied Arts, Bern.

In 1959 he obtained the Alice Bailly Award.

After moving to Lucerne in 1961, Roland Bugnon started his career as a painter. In 1963 he was awarded a scholarship by the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation, Lucerne.

In 1968/1969 Roland Bugnon produced his first etchings and lithographs at the Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.

Roland Bugnon lives in Ibiza and Switzerland.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1969 Galerie Schindler, Bern (first of many solo shows by Roland Bugnon at this gallery)

1973 Galerie d’Eendt, Amsterdam

1973 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (July)

1973 Levy Galerie, Hamburg (September)

1974 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (11th April) (dry-point etchings and stone lithographs printed by Egon Guenther)

1974 Goodman-Wolman Gallery, Cape Town (September)

1981 Seedam Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon (Jan/Feb)

1985 Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland (Feb) (50 works incl. 4 sculptures)

1991 Galerie Lilian Andrée, Basel

1993 Galerie Bernhard Schindler, Bern

1994 Galerie Artefides, Lucerne

Participated at ART BASEL

Galerie Schindler represented Roland Bugnon every year from the Art 3’72 Basel in 1972 till 1981

To view additional exhibitions listed and data – refer to the artist’s webpage