Ernst Linck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Linck

Swiss painter, restorer and teacher

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1874

Place of Birth: Windisch, Aargau, Switzerland

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1935

Profession: painter, restorer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ernst Linck (14 October 1874 – 29 June 1935) was a Swiss painter.Born in Windisch, he became a decorator (apprenticeship in Zürich from 1889 to 1890) and then worked in several Swiss cities as a statue painter.
After two study trips to Italy in 1894 and in 1899 he settled at Bern, where he opened a school of painting that he carried on until 1912.
From 1904 on, he also taught figure drawing at the local school of art. Originally a Jugendstil painter, Linck became heavily influenced in Bern by the work of Ferdinand Hodler.
His paintings frequently depicted patriotic-pastoral settings. Linck also created several works of ecclesiastic painting (murals, but also painted glass windows).
He was contracted frequently as a restorer; he was responsible for the ornamental painting of the figures on the historic fountains in the town centre of Bern. His son Walter Linck became a well-known sculptor.