Leopold Haefliger junior
Born in 1929.
Died in 1989.
Leopold Haefliger junior (1929–1989) is presented in the sources as an artist whose practice includes painting, sculpture and the making of carnival masks.
The convergence of these three fields—fine arts and the making of festive objects—outlines a professional trajectory in which pictorial and sculptural practice is complemented by expertise related to objects made for festivities. In 1951, he is mentioned in connection with his involvement in the restoration of the Lion of Lucerne, a dated milestone documenting an intervention in the field of conservation or restoration. His work is also described as displaying both thematic and stylistic affinities with Varlin and Adolf Herbst.
Taken together, these elements—the stated artistic affinities and the practice of making carnival masks—suggest a permeability between figurative and object-based registers, as conveyed by the notices consulted.
The exact spelling of the name, including the designation “junior”, must be respected in any subsequent research in order to avoid confusion between namesakes. This notice brings together the available information: identity and dates, fields of practice (painting, sculpture, making masks), the stylistic affinities identified with Varlin and Adolf Herbst, and the dated intervention of 1951 on the Lion of Lucerne.
