Kurt Oscar Weber

Kurt Oscar Weber (26 July 1938 – 29 October 2011) was a Swiss-American fine artist, primarily working in sculpture and painting. He worked in several genres of art including German Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Color fielding, and Figuration. He is known for his international solo and group exhibitions primarily presented in the US, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. He maintained studios in Emeryville, California and in Uerikon near Lake Zurich for over 30 years.

Personal background Kurt O. Weber was born on 26 July 1938 in Zurich, Switzerland. Weber traveled internationally throughout his life. In 1968, he traveled to the US and with his wife, artist Colette Leitner, Another retrospective presentation of his work, entitled Remember, was presented in 2012 at the Galerie Lilian Andrée, Riehen, in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland.

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions 1965: Workshop Gallery, Studio East, New York 1971: Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1981: Retrospektive in der Galerie Inter Art Basel, Switzerland 1985: Galerie Stella Polaris, Los Angeles, California 1986: Galerie Hatley Martin, San Francisco, California 1988: Galerie Hatley Martin, San Francisco, California 1991: Galerie et Edition Lilian Andrée, Basel, Switzerland 1992: Galerie Hilt, Basel, Switzerland 1994: Centre d'Art d'Ivry, Galerie Fernand Léger, with catalogue (77 MB) Paris 1995: Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland 1999: Kurt Weber: Retrospective, Le Coq Rouge, Lörrach, Germany 2002: Galerie Lilian Andrée, Basel, Switzerland 2004: Ambassade Suisse, Paris 2005: Galerie Lilian Andrée , Basel, Switzerland 2009: Sammlung Galerie S/Z, Zurich, Switzerland 2010: Southern Landmarks, Sammlung Galerie S/Z, Zurich, Switzerland

Group exhibitions 1962: Salon de Mai, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris 1963: Salon de la jeune Peinture, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris 1973: Galerie Troup, Texas 1986: First Emeryville Annual, San Francisco, California 1989: The Western National Annual, The Brooklyn Museum, New York 2000: Yellow: The First Color, Bedford Gallery, San Francisco, California 2003: Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France