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Swiss artist Heinz-Peter Kohler (hpk) has been painting for over six decades now, and has received numerous cetificates, stipends and accolades on both a national and international platform.
The scope of his work ranges from landscape, floral motives, people and mystical creatures to the surreal. They fill thousands of of his paintings, edgings and sketches. It's impossible to show here more than just a hint of what his body of work contains, but maybe it will be enough to catch your interest, dear Reader.
Kohler's paintings are part of many private and public collections. He was a student of the famous Swiss painter Max von Mühlenen (10.02.1903 - 20.10.1971) but developed his personal style, incorporating a wide range of techniques. He mostly works in water colors, but has done paintings in oil as well as produced bronze figurines. His water color works included large (2 x 2 metres) as well as tiny sizes (about the size of a post stamp).
Heinz-Peter Kohler at the Kunsthaus Grenchen
The Kunsthaus Grenchen is having a two-year show called "Ans Licht - Einblicke in die Sammlung des Kunsthaus Grenchen" during which they are presenting a number of artists brought to light from storage. The whole show runs from March 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027. Among the artists being presented is Heinz-Peter Kohler. His part of the exhibition is shown at the moment and will last until July 7, 2026.
If you wish to know more, please follow this LINK to the Kunsthaus Grenchen (it's in German). There's also a Flyer, which you can find HERE (a new window/tab will open with the PDF file, which you can then either print out or download).
We thank Robin Byland and his team for their efforts and wish them lots of success with this intriguing project!