Niklaus Stoecklin (19 April 1896 – 1 December 1982) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist was born in Basel as the son of businessman Johann Niklaus Stoecklin (1859–1923). Stoecklin grew up in Basel, but in 1914 went to Munich to study under Robert Engels at the School of Arts and Crafts. It was there that his friendship with the sculptor Alexander Zschokke began.
At the outbreak of war, Stoecklin returned to Switzerland and took courses at Basel School of Arts and Crafts, where his teachers included Burkhard Mangold. He spent his period of active military service in the Canton of Ticino. There he painted his Casa Rossa (1917), a masterpiece of New Objectivity that was sold just a few months later, in 1918. The buyer was Georg Reinhart, an entrepreneur of Winterthur who became the Stoecklin’s first and most important collector, and a lifelong friend. In 1918 Stoecklin, was one of the founding members, alongside Zschokke, Fritz Baumann and Otto Morach, of the artist group Das Neue Leben. Ignaz Epper was another artist to whom he had contact at the time. 1920 saw Stoecklin and Albert Müller sharing a studio in San Gimignano in Tuscany.
Stoecklin was the only Swiss artist to be included in the seminal exhibition Neue Sachlichkeit. Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus curated by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub at Kunsthalle Mannheim in 1925. This was the show from which the New Objectivity of the 1920s and 1930s derived its name.
For many decades Stoecklin was also active as a poster designer. Some of his works in this genre were for competitions organized by the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt. His public works, including his fresco above the public notice board for posting marriage banns on the Münsterplatz in Basel (1920) made him a well-known figure in Basel, as did his involvement in the painting of lanterns for the Basler Fasnacht. He also designed somel postage stamps for the Schweizer Post and illustrated the Schweizerfibel.
For earlier works see parts 1 & 2 also. This is part 3 of a 4-part series on the works of Niklaus Stoecklin:
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| 1943 Wenger Menziken colour lithograph poster 128 x 91 cm |
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| 1943 Weber Cigare, La Rosa & Rio Grande colour lithograph poster 129 x 93 cm |
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| 1943 Peacock Moth watercolour on paper 17 x 24.5 cm |
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| 1943 Binaca toothpaste colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1944 Still life with Pomegranates oil on canvas 27.5 x 35.5 cm |
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| 1944 Binaca toothpaste colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1945 The Tower (of Babel) watercolour and pen on paper 29.5 x 21 cm |
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| 1945 Binaca, Healthy Teeth, beautiful as pearls! colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1945 Still life with tulip, book and crystal glass oil on Pavatex (wood fibre) 39 x 29.5 cm |
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| 1945 Floral still life oil on canvas (size not given) |
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| 1945 Gymnastics and Sports Equipment mono lithograph poster 127 x90 cm |
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| 1946 Silvaplana, Engadin colour lithograph poster 100 x 64 cm |
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| 1946 Mitin, treated wool: dauernd mottenecht, permanently mothproof colour lithograph poster 127 x 90 cm |
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| 1946 Bruckner-Etoffe! colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1945 Barfüsserplatz, Autumn Fair colour lithograph on paper 23.5 x 29.5 cm |
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| 1947 Tin Mine, Cornwall (UK) oil on canvasboard 33.5 x 43 cm |
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| 1947 Ticino still lifes oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm |
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| 1947 Still life with white rose in a water glass oil on hardboard 30.5 x 24.5 cm |
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| 1947 Still life with Crucifix oil on painting board 21.4 x 29.5 cm |
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| 1947 Still life with Christmas Rose oil on fibreboard 26.5 x 18.5 cm |
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| 1947 Still life of Flowers, Book, and Sewing Paraphernalia oil on masonite 29 x 31 cm |
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| 1947 Pineapple oil on fibreboard 35.5 x 27 cm |
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| 1948 Pro Juventute (For youth) Pro Juventute is a Swiss foundation for child protection colour lithograph |
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| 1948 Marken Müller colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1948 Church of San Giorgio in Carona oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm |
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| 1948 Children's sleigh watercolour over pencil on paper 17 x 26 cm |
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| 1948 Bell, savoureuses délicatesses (tasty delicacies) colour lithograph 127 x 91 cm |
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| 1949 Notre-Dame, Paris oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm |
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| 1949 Münsterberg, Basel India ink on paper 34 x 25 cm |
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| 1950 Still life with candle, matchbox and moth oil on Pavatex 18 x 15 cm |
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| 1950 Leonorus watercolour and pencil on paper 50.3 x 21.5 cm |
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| 1950 House near Magadino watercolour on paper 32 x 40 cm |
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| 1950 Carousel watercolour on paper 25.6 x 34.8 cm |
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| 1951 A foolproof shield - Life Assurance colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1951 Turk's cap lily oil on hardboard 48.5 x 37 cm |
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| 1952 Vase with Spring flowers oil on canvas on hardboard 27 x 19.5 cm |
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| 1953 At Petersgraben watercolour on paper 26 x 36.5 cm |
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| 1955 Bell meat company colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm |
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| 1957 Nasturtium rose watercolour on paper 16.4 x 16 cm |
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| 1957 Dominos Game oil on masonite 37 x 52 cm |
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| 1957 Comité-Schnitzelbängg Casino Basel mono lithograph poster (size not given) |
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