Fredi Gertsch trains his inexhaustible imagination in the studio, inventing new stories on canvas daily. He has no limits, but the most common theme in his work is always that of the cow. “Humor and positive feelings are important to me; the smiles of the viewers, the joys of the gallery visitor is the desired award for me” said Gertsch of his work.
Born in Switzerland in 1952, Gertsch has been a competitive swimmer, sports teacher, computer engineer, and a father of three boys. His sketches of goodnight stories and daydreams of the past have, unlike his kids, never quite grown up.
His first major exhibition as a freelance artist was in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, numerous cows, calves, and bulls of the Emme Valley in Switzerland graze in the cool apartments of city dwellers and countryside homes in Europe, North and South America as well as Asia.
The artist says of his motif, “Like the primordial mother of all living beings, the cow appears in every painting. I bring colors into harmony which at first glance to not seem to fit and combine different techniques into a vibrating production.”
Gertsch continues, “Because of my worldwide collectors, my cattle are the happiest Emmentaler cows - hardly born, they stagger onto the biggest pastures in the world.”
His collectors all agree that, "It must be a kind person who paints such lovable cows.” Gertsch’s paintings have travelled around the world, decorating modern apartments, holiday homes, medical practices, hotels, and public buildings. His Cows can be found in Singapore, Zurich, New York, Texas, Berne, Munich and Berlin, Sydney, Oslo, Hamburg, and Salzburg, from the Emme Valley all the way to sunny Los Angeles.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Galerie am Lindenhof, Zurich
Kunstlermarit, Langenthal
Basler Kunstmarkt
2018 Kunstmarkt Zofingen, Switzerland
Galerie m Beck, Homburg
Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY
Basel Art Center, Basel
Marziart, Internationale Galerie, Hamburg
The Art Project, Miami, FL
Salon International d’art Contemporain, Cannes
Kunstsupermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
2016 Marziart, Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2015 New York Affordable Art Fair, New York
2015 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
2015 Art International Zurich, Contemporary Art Fair, Switzerland
2014-15 Kunstwarenhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2013-15 Bromer Art Collection, Roggwil, Switzerland
2013-15 Galerie Kuhle Bilder, Burgdorf, Switzerland
2014 Galerie Hadorn, Lichtensteig, Switzerland
Künstlermärit Langenthal, Switzerland
Galerie Am Lindenhof, Zürich, Switzerland
Kunstmarkt Zofingen, Switzerland
Galerie Utzenstorf, Switzerland
Schweizer Kunstsupermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland
2013 Künstlermärit Langenthal, Switzerland
Milano Nord Burgdorf, Switzerland
Schweizer Kunstsupermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland
Halde Galerie, Widen, Switzerland
2012 Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2012 Wohnform Herzog, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Art Wiesloch, Germany
Schweizer Kunstsupermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland
