Paul
Dettwiler

Paul Dettwiler, Swiss and Swedish citizen, born 1961, PhD, researcher, restorer, architect and fine art painter. 40 years of painting mostly urban environments. Education and work in Switzerland and Sweden (Chalmers university of technology and at various studios of painters and restorers in Sweden and Switzerland, e.g. Hans Nordenström, Graham Stacy, Pål Svensson), Exhibitions in Sweden 1980, 1981, 1982 and Lausanne 1985 (Galerie d’Arfi, spring expo) and 1992 (Galerie Collis).

Statement

Influenced by various human movements in space and buildings in urban contexts and by application of ancient glazing technique in painting, my paintings have formed a niche of its own. Multiple transparent layers with oil paintings on a grisaille foundation of tempera or putrido are in principle similar with the painting technique in continental Europe during the Renaissance and Baroque era; however my pigments are modern and light proof.