Friday, 2 May 2025

Niklaus Stoecklin - part 4

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 - 3 also. This is part 4 of a 4-part series on the works of Niklaus Stoecklin:


1958 The little Rabbit
watercolour over pen on paper 31.8 x 44.5 cm

1958 Altstadtgasse in Basel 
pencil & watercolour on paper 27 x 17.5 cm

1960 White garden chair with geraniums in a clay pot
oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm

1960 Vor Paris
oil on hardboard 24 x 33 cm

1961 Clifden Nonpareil moth
oil on hardboard 22 x 27 cm

1963 Sail butterfly (Iphiclides podalirius)
oil on hardboard 24 x 30 cm

1963 Notre-Dame, Paris
watercolour on paper 25 x 34 cm

1963 Bell meat company
colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm

1964 Still Life
oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm

1965 View out of the studio (Southern France)
 pencil and watercolour on paper 29 x 22.5 cm

1966 Niklaus Stoecklin poster exhibition,
 Gewerbe Museum, Basel
colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm

1966 Flower study
watercolour on paper 28 x 17 cm

1966 Carnation in a vase
watercolour and gouache on paper 19 x 15 cm

1967 Mümsterberg, Basel
oil on panel 40.5 x 57.5 cm

1968 Church of Grosshüningen
oil on hardboard 29 x 32 cm

1970 Still Life with Cherries
oil on chipboard 23.5 x 28.3 cm

1970 Still Life with rose and book
oil on painting board 33.5 x 27 cm

1971 Flowers in a pitcher
oil on canvas mounted on board 22 x 19 cm

1971 Gate of Spalen, Basel
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1972 Praying Mantis
watercolour on paper 9.5 x 16.5 cm

1973 Still Life with Mandarin
oil on painting board 15.5 x 20.2 cm

1977 Pasque flower
watercolour on paper 20 x 14.5 cm

Note: Dates were not found for the remainder of images in this series:

Architecture study
watercolour & gouache on cardboard 16 x 22 cm

Architecture study
watercolour & gouache on cardboard 15.5 x 16 cm

Boccalino with Flowers
colour lithograph 45 x 38.5 cm

Bi-oro Sonneschutz sun cream
colour lithograph poster 127 x 90 cm

Christmas Presents
ink and watercolour on paper 21.5 x 15.5 cm

Camellia in a ceramic jug
oil on wood panel 25 x 20 cm

The Saint
(medium not given) 44 x 37.5 cm

Fisherman on the Rhine
oil on cardboard 17 x 22 cm

Golden Star Inn
 colour lithograph 25.5 33.5 cm

Passion Flower
watercolour on paper 15 x 12 cm

Parisian Window
(details not found)

Quai Kronstadt, Toulon - The Spy
(details not found)

Restaurant in Hasenburg
colour lithograph 49 x 65 cm

Studio window with a view of Basel
gouache on canvas on painting board 42.5 x 27.5 cm

Still Life
colour lithograph 14.5 x 17.5 cm

Three roses with coral
oil on fibreboard 34.5 x 27.6 cm

The lonely one
oil on board. 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Walnut
watercolour over pencil on paper 11.5 x 9.5 cm


Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Niklaus Stoecklin - part 3

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:

1943 Wenger Menziken
colour lithograph poster 128 x 91 cm

1943 Weber Cigare, La Rosa & Rio Grande
colour lithograph poster 129 x 93 cm

1943 Peacock Moth
watercolour on paper 17 x 24.5 cm 

1943 Binaca toothpaste
colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm

1944 Still life with Pomegranates
oil on canvas 27.5 x 35.5 cm

1944 Binaca toothpaste
colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm

1945 The Tower (of Babel)
watercolour and pen on paper 29.5 x 21 cm

1945 Binaca, Healthy Teeth, beautiful as pearls!
colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm


1945 Still life with tulip, book and crystal glass
oil on Pavatex (wood fibre) 39 x 29.5 cm

1945 Floral still life
oil on canvas (size not given)

1945 Gymnastics and Sports Equipment
mono lithograph poster 127 x90 cm

1946 Silvaplana, Engadin
colour lithograph poster 100 x 64 cm

1946 Mitin, treated wool: dauernd mottenecht, permanently mothproof
colour lithograph poster 127 x 90 cm

1946 Bruckner-Etoffe!
colour lithograph poster 128 x 90 cm

1945 Barfüsserplatz, Autumn Fair
colour lithograph on paper 23.5 x 29.5 cm

1947 Tin Mine, Cornwall (UK)
 oil on canvasboard 33.5 x 43 cm

1947 Ticino still lifes
oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm

1947 Still life with white rose in a water glass
oil on hardboard 30.5 x 24.5 cm

1947 Still life with Crucifix
oil on painting board 21.4 x 29.5 cm

1947 Still life with Christmas Rose oil on fibreboard 26.5 x 18.5 cm

1947 Still life of Flowers, Book, and Sewing Paraphernalia
 oil on masonite 29 x 31 cm

1947 Pineapple
oil on fibreboard 35.5 x 27 cm

1948 Pro Juventute (For youth)
Pro Juventute is a Swiss foundation for child protection
colour lithograph

1948 Marken Müller
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1948 Church of San Giorgio in Carona
oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm

1948 Children's sleigh
watercolour over pencil on paper 17 x 26 cm

1948 Bell, savoureuses délicatesses (tasty delicacies)
colour lithograph 127 x 91 cm

1949 Notre-Dame, Paris
oil on canvas  33 x 41 cm

1949 Münsterberg, Basel
India ink on paper 34 x 25 cm

1950 Still life with candle, matchbox and moth
oil on Pavatex 18 x 15 cm

1950 Leonorus
watercolour and pencil on paper 50.3 x 21.5 cm

1950 House near Magadino
watercolour on paper 32 x 40 cm

1950 Carousel
watercolour on paper 25.6 x 34.8 cm

1951 A foolproof shield - Life Assurance
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1951 Turk's cap lily
oil on hardboard 48.5 x 37 cm

1952 Vase with Spring flowers
oil on canvas on hardboard 27 x 19.5 cm

1953 At Petersgraben
watercolour on paper 26 x 36.5 cm

1955 Bell meat company
colour lithograph 128 x 90 cm

1957 Nasturtium rose
watercolour on paper 16.4 x 16 cm

1957 Dominos Game
oil on masonite 37 x 52 cm
1957 Comité-Schnitzelbängg Casino Basel
mono lithograph poster (size not given)