Mark Buchmann – Hill Town

Mark Buchmann

Born in Thurgau, Mark Buchmann grew up in Zurich where he studied Art History and wrote his dissertation on Vincent Van Gogh’s use of color.  His first private art teacher was Ernst Georg Heussler and he later interned with Johannest Itten and other artists at Zurich’s School of Applied Arts and Museum of Fine Arts  and eventually served as director of that school from 1964 to 1973.  From 1975 onwards he devoted himself exclusively to his work as an artist, including paintings, drawings, engravings as well as mosaics and murals.  He lived and worked for much of his career in Kusnacht with his wife, the painer and poet Monika Buchmann-Helbing. Influences on Buchmann’s work include Cezanne and Chinese brush painting.  His works can be found in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Thurgau and the graphic collection of  ETH Zürich.