The sculptural practice of Hans Josephsohn is characterised by his lifelong preoccupation with the human form. Over the course of six decades, the Swiss artist developed a wholly unique visual language that defies categorisation and has been impactful both on his contemporaries and the following generation of artists. Standing, sitting, and recumbent in full- or half-figures and reliefs, Josephsohn created tender images of human beings. His depictions of the body range from the more directly figurative, stele-like sculptures of his early years to the abstracted volumes he created from the 1980s onwards, culminating in late half-length figures that only subtly allude to the body with their totemic forms.
Pushing the boundaries of figurative representation and its perception in sculpture, Josephsohn’s works are defined by a powerful corporeality, placing emphasis on the very substance of the human form. Crafted from plaster and cast in brass or bronze, his sculptures are raw and tactile, with roughly finished, haptic surfaces that resound with a timeless quality. Often traces of the artist's fingermarks are visibly embedded in the works, testaments to the unmediated working process between his hands and the material of the forms he sculptured. Balancing careful precision with expressive treatment, the powerfully textured surfaces imbue his works with a sense of exuberance and humanity, capturing the essence of the lived body. His artistic exploration of human existence stems from his contemplation of his own experiences, predominantly shaped by his daily work in the studio and the human interactions enacted within his personal sphere. ‘The starting point is simply us,’ the artist has stated. Transcending mere representation, his approach to representing the body can thus be understood as deeply personal explorations of the human condition.
Hans Josephsohn was born into a Jewish family in what was formerly German Königsberg in 1920. He briefly attended art school in Florence before relocating to Switzerland in 1938, where he continued to live and work until his death in 2012. He studied sculpture under Otto Müller and established his own studio in 1943, where he continued to work for the rest of his life. His work has been shown in numerous solo exhibitions in Switzerland since 1956, and he has garnered international acclaim since the early 2000s. Josephsohn’s work was shown alongside Alberto Giacometti’s at the 2012 Venice Biennale of Architecture. Recently, Josephsohn’s work has been on view at the Museum Folkwang, Essen (2018); Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (2013); MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2008); and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2002). A retrospective of the artist’s work, curated by Albert Oehlen, will open in October 2024 at the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.
Photo: Katalin Deér, Kesselhaus Josephsohn
2023
Hans Josephsohn, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Hans Josephsohn, Fabbrica Culturale Baviera, Giornico, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Hans Josephsohn, Aux Losanges, Tschiertschen, Switzerland
Window Gallery, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2022
Hans Josephsohn, Galerie Max Hetzler, London, UK
Hans Josephsohn, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2020
Window Gallery, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Hans Josephsohn, MASI, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana LAC, Lugano, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn: ‘Schauen ist das Wichtigste’, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2019
Schaffen. Hans Josephsohn, Rehmann-Museum, Laufenburg, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn, ICA, Istituto Contemporaneo per le Arti, Milan, Italy
2018
Hans Josephsohn. Existential Sculpture, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2017
Monastery Schönthal, Langenbruck, Germany
2015
Josephsohn, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn. Halbfigur, Liegende, Relief in der Skulptur, Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany
2014
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn. ‘Die Sache muss leben’, Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg, Germany
Josephsohn, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, USA
2013
Josephsohn, YSP, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
Hans Jospehsohn, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
2012
Josephsohn, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK
Josephsohn, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland
2011
Hans Josephsohn, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Hans Josephsohn, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2010
Hans Josephsohn, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Hauser & Wirth, Outdoor Sculpture at Southwood Garden, London, UK
2008
Josephsohn, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK
Josephsohn. Sculptor, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007
Monastery Schönthal, Langenbruck, Germany
2006
Hans Josephsohn. Halbfiguren 1990-2005, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Josephsohn. Sculpture, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Hans Josephsohn – Skulpturen 1980-2005, Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Appenzell, Switzerland
Josephsohn – Werkprozess 1947-2005, Kesselhaus Josephsohn, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn – Reliefs and Drawings, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2004
Hans Josephsohn – Skulpturen, Bronzen & Zeichnungen, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
Kesselhaus Josephsohn, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Josephsohn – Zwei Ausstellungen, Evangelische Stadtkirche, Darmstadt, Germany
2003
Josephsohn – Zwei Ausstellungen, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
2002
Hans Josephsohn, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Josephsohn, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
2001
House of the Arts Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
2000
Josephsohn, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
1997
Hans Josephsohn, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1993
Josephsohn. Zeichnungen für Reliefs, Galerie im Trudelhaus, Baden, Switzerland
1992
La Congiunta, House for reliefs and half-figures by Hans Josephsohn, Giornico, Switzerland
1988
Galerie Produga, Zurich, Switzerland
1985
Landis & Gyr Foundation, Zug, Switzerland
1984
Hans Josephsohn – Plastiken, Urania Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
Kunsthalle im Waaghaus, Winterthur, Switzerland
1981
Künstlerhaus Boswil, Boswil, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn – Überblick über sein bisheriges Schaffen, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Buchhandlung am Rösslitor, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galerie vor der Klostermauer, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1978
Josephsohn, Galerie an der Stadthausgasse, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1975
Josephsohn, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1969
Galerie Daniel Keel, Zurich, Switzerland
1966
Hans Josephsohn, Galerie Obere Zäune, Zurich, Switzerland
1964
Hans Josephsohn. Plastiken, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1956
Hans Josephsohn. Plastiken, Städtische Kunstkammer zum Strauhof, Zurich, Switzerland
2023
Skulptur der Moderne + Abbild des Menschen, Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany
Sculpture Trail, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Menorca, Spain
Figures and Gestures, Galerie Haas, Zurich, Switzerland
Figuration Program, Galerie Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
Faces & Figures, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2022
Die Errettung des Bösen. Eine Ausstellung von Michael Müller, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Collecting: Revisited, Kunstmuseum Appenzell & Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn & Loredana Sperini, ZHdK, Zurich University of the Arts NEST, Zurich, Switzerland
Godhead – Idols in times of crisis, Lustwarande, Tilburg, Netherlands
The Museum Folkwang Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2021
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Skulpturengarten von Marie Lund, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Albert Oehlen – 'big paintings by me with small paintings by others', MASI, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana LAC, Lugano, Switzerland
Faszination des Gesichts, akku – Kunstplattform, Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
Swiss Sculpture since 1945, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Ein Leben für die Kunst. Der Maler und Sammler Kaspar Ilg, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Gazes Out of Time. Perspectives on the Collection I, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Von Menschen und Maschinen, Museum Aargau, Windisch, Switzerland
2020
CAMBIO, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Willi Müller – Hans Josephsohn, Galerie Da Mihi, Bern, Switzerland
New Worlds. Discovering the Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Die Zukunft war schöner, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
– A Breath? A Name? – The Ways Of Worldmaking, Biennale Gherdëina 7, Ortisei/St. Ulrich, Italy
2019
Time for Fragments. Works from the Marx Collection and the Nationalgalerie Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Der Funke Gottes! Schatz + Wunderkammern im Diözesanmuseum Bamberg, Diözesanmuseum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Kronos and Kairos, Parco archeologico del Colosseo, Rome, Italy
Stunde Null. Kunst von 1933 bis 1955, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Werke aus der Sammlung Hürlimann Thalmann, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
Von Henri Matisse bis Louise Bourgeois. Das Musée d’Art moderne de
la Ville de Paris zu Gast in der Kunsthalle Würth, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
2018
all our darlings never seen before, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, Switzerland
Black Hole. Art and Materiality from Informal to Invisible, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea id Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
G’18 – Testimonianze. Mostra di scultura all’aperto, Vira Gambarogno, Switzerland
Hello World. Revising a Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Bronze Age c. 3500 BC – AD 2018, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
2017
Köpfe. Giampaolo Russo – mit einer Arbeit von Hans Josephsohn, Stiftung Kunstsammlung Albert und Melanie Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
Josephsohn / Märkli. A Conjunction, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, UK
A Word Is A Shadow That Falls On A Lot Of Things, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
implicit touch, Stadtgalerie Bamberg, Villa Dessauer, Bamberg, Germany
Die Antwort ist das Unglück der Frage, Kunstmuseum Appenzell & Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, Switzerland
Pas de Deux, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Peter Märkli, Betts Project, London, UK
Body Doubles, LOK Lokremise, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2016
Wundern – Werke aus der Kunstsammlung Mezzanin, Liechtenstein, Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Appenzell, Switzerland
‘What Remains'. The World Of Cesare Lucchini, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
'Me in a no-time state'. Über das Individuum, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Chalet5, Klodin Erb, Max Grüter, Hans Josephsohn, Simon Ledergerber, Luc Mattenberger, Fondazione Sasso San Gottardo, Airolo, Switzerland
Katinka Bock, Hans Josephsohn, Fabian Marti. Warum ich mich in eine Nachtigall verwandelt habe, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
La Règle et L’Intuition, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles, France
2015
Works from the Gallery Artists and the Collection, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
A Few Free Years: From Absalon to Zobernig, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
The Red Thread. On Structures in Narration, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Substance, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, France
All Back in the Skull Together, Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
ARTZUID – International Sculpture Route, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nice to See You! 160 Works from the Collection, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Albert the kid is ghosting, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
Doppelpass – Eine Ausstellung zwischen Austausch und Zuspiel, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland
See, Understand, Love, Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
2014
playing by heart. Annual Exhibition, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Spatial Positions 8: Cooperations. Diener & Diener, Martin Steinmann / Josef Felix Müller; Peter Märkli / Josephsohn, Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Peter Märkli, Betts Project, London, UK
Plastic Surgery. Das Plastische in der Bildenden Kunst, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, Switzerland
2013
show cover hide. Shrine. An exhibition on the aesthetics of the invisible, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Il Palazzo Enciclopedico, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
MOVING. Norman Foster on Art, Carré d'Art – musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes, France
Frauen – Liebe und Leben, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
première. Die Sammlung Würth in Rorschach, Forum Würth Rorschach, Rohrschach, Switzerland
Mensch.Figur!, Rehmann-Museum, Laufenburg, Switzerland
über Jenes und Alles und Weiteres hinaus, Güterbahnhof Zürich, Trudi Demut & Otto Müller Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Frieze Art Fair Sculpture Park 2012, Regent's Park, London, UK
Common Ground. Architecture As New Geography, Biennale Achitettura, Venice, Italy
Art and the City: Ein Festival für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Zurich-West
the spirit level, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Gavin Brown, Harlem, New York
Säen, ernten, glücklich sein, Art-Public Chur, Fontanapark Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Winter Worlds, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Work – Work – Work, Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Appenzell, Switzerland
2011
20 Years of Presence. MMK 1991—2011, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010
Head: A gathering of primitive, abstract, iconic, lumpen, powerful, playful, referential, reflective, layered, delirious, precious, beautiful, psychotic, grotesque, and detached forms, The Approach, London, UK
ev+a - matters, EVA International, Limerick, Ireland
Noli me tangere. Berühre mich nicht / Halte mich nicht fest, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2009
Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, UK
Originalgrafiken, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
Bequest, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Sniper, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
Veronika and Peter Monauni Collection, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Hauptsache Köpfe. Merkwürdige Häupter, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
2008
»Man Leaving Earth«. The second year in the new building, Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2007
Jubilee Exhibition, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Der gestillte Blick. Der Schriftsteller Klaus Merz und die Bilder, Strauhof, Zurich, Switzerland
Liebe auf den ersten Blick, Galerie Hans-Trudel-Haus, Baden, Switzerland
Etant donné: Die Sammlung! 250 Jahre aktuelle Schweizer Kunst, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Hans Josephsohn und Ernst Hermanns, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
Skulpturenprojekte, Buchmann Galerie Agra, Lugano, Switzerland
2006
Bodybild. Figuren in der Landschaft Heiligkreuz im Entlebuch, Entlebucher Kunstverein, Willisau, Switzerland
'Die obere Hälfte' – Die Büste von Rodin bis Funakoshi, Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Appenzell, Switzerland
2005
'Die obere Hälfte' – Die Büste von Rodin bis Funakoshi, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
'Die obere Hälfte' – Die Büste von Rodin bis Funakoshi, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
architecture + art – dialogs, Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany
architecture + art – dialogs, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Skulpturen-Garten auf Gut Hasselrath, Der bewohnte Garten Foundation, Pulheim, Germany
2004
mind the gap – Beachten Sie die Lücke, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2003
G 2003, Mostra Internazionale di Scultura all’Aperto, Vira Gambarogno, Switzerland
2002
Europe’s Image, Myth & Reality, The Hague Sculpture 2002, Den Haag, Netherlands
Das Weiss Dahinter. Spurensuche in der Aargauischen Kunstsammlung, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
2000
Frick Collection, Schaan, Lichtenstein
Der verlorene Blick, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
1999
ron bladen, cris gianakos, max bill, hans josephsohn, beat zoderer, richard long, christoph haerle, richard serra, beatrice rossi, frédéric dedellay und bernhard tagwerker, Haus Bill, Zumikon, Switzerland
1998
Spurensuche Mensch, Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon, Switzerland
1994
Eine Art Kunstszene, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1989
Babel, 2. Bauetappe, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1988
Kunst*Zürich. woher – wohin, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
1986
Galerie im Trudelhaus, Baden, Switzerland
1984
Schweizerkunst seit Cuno Amiet, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Le Strutture della Visualità. Corpo, superficie, movimento, luce, Museo Civico – Villa Mirabello, Varese, Italy
1981
Reliefs. Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Reliefs. Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany
Zeichnungen von 13 Schweizer Bildhauern, Tiroler Kunstpavillon, Kleiner Hopfgarten, Innsbruck, Austria
1980
Les Musées suisses collectionnent l'art actuel en Suisse, MCBA, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Schweizer Museen sammeln aktuelle Schweizer Kunst, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1979
Im Wechsel der Zeit, Städtische Kunstkammer zum Strauhof, Zurich, Switzerland
1976
Kunstszene Zürich 76, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1975
Kunstszene Zürich 1975, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1973
GSMBA Sektion Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Zürcher Künstler, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
1972
Künstler im Atelier, Strauhof, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie ‹Zum Elephanten›, Zurzach, Switzerland
Weihnachtsausstellung der Zürcher Künstler 72, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Weihnachtsausstellung der Zürcher Künstler 72, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Weihnachtsausstellung der Zürcher Künstler 72, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1969
GSMBA Sektion Zürich. Gesellschaft Schweizerischer Maler, Bildhauer und Architekten, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1968
Premio nazionale di Scultura all'aperto, Gambarogno, Switzerland
1967
10. Internationale Kunstausstellung Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Zürcher Künstler, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Technisches Rathaus Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
1966
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Josephsohn – Henninger, Galerie Obere Zäune, Zurich, Switzerland
1965
Parktheater Meilen, Zurich, Switzerland
Gustav Stettler Maler / Hans Josephsohn Bildhauer, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1963
Galerie am Stadelhofen, Zurich, Switzerland
Freie Gruppe, Stuttgart 1963, Württembergischer Kunstverein im Kunstgebäude am Schlossplatz, Stuttgart, Germany
Bodenseekünstler, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus und Stadthaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1962
Hans Josephsohn, Plastiken, und Gottlieb Kurfiß, Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie am Stadelhofen, Zurich, Switzerland
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus und Stadthaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1961
Schweizerische Kunstausstellung, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus und Stadthaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1960
Artists' Association 'Der Ring', Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus und Stadthaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1959
Gemeindehaus der Israelitischen Cultusgemeinde, Zurich, Switzerland
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus und Stadthaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1958
Artists' Association 'Der Ring', Schulhaus Wolfbach, Zurich, Switzerland
1957
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus und Stadthaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1956
Schweizerische Kunstausstellung, Basel, Switzerland
1955
Willi Behrndt, Walter Haymann, Viktor Hermann, Walter Hess, Hans Josephsohn, Felix Kohn, Jakob Ochsner, Carlotta Stocker, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1954
Plastik im Freien, Biel, Switzerland
7 junge Zürcher Künstler, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Artists' Association 'Der Ring', Gottfried-Keller-Schulhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1953
Zürcher Künstler im Helmhaus, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1951
Weihnachtsausstellung der Zürcher Künstler 51, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1949
Junge Zürcher Künstler, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1946
Kunst im Exil. Ausstellung von Werken ausländischer Künstler in der Schweiz,
Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Kesselhaus Josephsohn, St. Gallen, Switzerland
La Congiunta, House for reliefs and half-figures by Hans Josephsohn, Giornico, Switzerland
Germany
Folkwang Museum, Essen
Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne
Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Nationalgalerie Berlin
Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Switzerland
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Canton of Zurich
City of Baden
City of Chur
City of Kreuzlingen
City of Schaffhausen
City of Zürich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Appenzell
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Monastery Schönthal, Langenbruck
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
Germany
Brother Klaus chapel, Wachendorf
Kolumba, Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Skulpturen-Garten auf Gut Hasselrath, Der bewohnte Garten Foundation, Pulheim
Switzerland
Alte Kirche, Boswil
Architectural office (Dubsstrasse), Zurich
Awandel cemetery, Greifensee
Basel Minster, Basel
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur
Central cemetery, Kreuzlingen
Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), St. Gallen
Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich
Haus zum Rechberg, Zurich
IFW at the ETH Zürich (Haldeneggsteig), Zurich
Kantonsschule, Wettingen
Kantonsschule Stadelhofen, Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich
Künstlerhaus, Boswil
Kurtheater, Baden
Monastery Schönthal, Langenbruck
Nordheim cemetery, Zurich
Office building (Bleicherweg), Zurich
Office building (Ettenfeldstrasse), Zurich
Office Building (Hönggerstrasse), Zurich
Railway Station, Baden
Residential area (Lötschenmattstrasse), Obfelden
Residential building (Katzenrütistrasse), Rümlang
Residential building (Süsswinkelgasse), Chur
Roter Turm, Baden
Schulhaus im Birch, Zurich Oerlikon
Student residence Tannenrauch, Zurich Wollishofen
Sihlfeld cemetery, Zurich
University of St. Gallen (HSG), St. Gallen
Waldfriedhof cemetery, Schaffhausen
Wohnüberbauung Chilesteig, Rümlang
Youth Hostel, Zurich Wollishofen
Zug Cemetery, Zug
Zürich Cantonal Court of Appeal, Zurich
2003
Art prize of the City of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1999
Honorary award of the Steo Foundation Zurich, Zurich Switzerland
1987
Honorary award of the Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1953
Visual art grant of the City of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1952
Visual art grant of the City of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland