{"id":14532,"count":0,"description":"Ernst Georg R\u00fcegg (* August 21, 1883 in Milan; \u2020 April 20, 1948 in M\u00e4nnedorf) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, illustrator, art educator, and lyricist.\n\nHe was the son of silk industrialist Emil R\u00fcegg and Karoline, n\u00e9e Unterlaus. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, he attended the Zurich School of Applied Arts from 1901 to 1902. In 1903, he received his first copy assignments in Milan and Florence. From 1904 to 1905, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden under Eugen Bracht and Richard M\u00fcller, who greatly influenced him. In 1906, he returned to Zurich and continued his education at the \"Stadler School,\" founded by Luise Stadler, under Hermann Gattiker, Hans Sturzenegger, and Ernst W\u00fcrtenberger.\n\nR\u00fcegg married Maria W\u00e4ckerlin in 1907 (\u2020 1938). In 1909, he published the poetry collection Landschaft (Landscape). He was a member of the Zurich section of the Society of Swiss Painters and Sculptors (GSAMBA) and served on the collection committee of the Zurich Art Society from 1909. In 1938, he was appointed to its board. His patrons included Richard Kisling, Hermann Reiff, and Gustav Hennenberg. From 1916, he also maintained contact with Richard B\u00fchler, Hedy Hahnloser, and the Reinhart brothers, Hans and Werner.\n\nR\u00fcegg taught at the \"Stadler School\" from 1909 to 1913 \u2013 the former studio of B\u00f6cklin \u2013 and from 1916 to 1948 at the Zurich School of Applied Arts. From 1945, he also taught at the Zurich Adult Education Center alongside Paul Bodmer and Karl Otto H\u00fcgin.\n\nIn 1942, four years after the death of his first wife, R\u00fcegg married the physician Ir\u00e8ne Marton. He spent his last years in Meilen and Hinwil with her.\n\nR\u00fcegg became known in the 1930s for his landscapes and wall paintings. He is regarded as a boundary crosser between the real and the surreal. His works were exhibited in retrospectives in 1949, 1950, and 1984.","link":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/c\/artist-en-2\/ernst-georg-rueegg-en\/","name":"Ernst Georg R\u00fcegg","slug":"ernst-georg-rueegg-en","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":1857,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/14532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/1857"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=14532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}