Walter Linck
Born in 1903.
Died in 1975.
Walter Linck (3 February 1903, Bern – 3 January 1975, Reichenbach) was a sculptor whose documentation records a break in 1943, followed by a marked turn towards the use of metal. Born in Bern, he was the son of Ernst, a painter, and Mina Ida Schreyer. The biographical notice states that he was of the Reformed faith.
Trained in the applied arts, he studied at the Gewerbeschule in Bern and then at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich, in the specialist class for metalwork. In 1928, he settled in Paris. The documentation mentions his marriage to Margrit Daepp in 1927.
He worked as a sculptor of figures and portraits. According to the notice, in 1943 he destroyed his earlier work and thereafter used metal primarily as his preferred material. He produced filigree, mobile wire sculptures (Drahtskulpturen), as well as constructions composed of elastic steel strips.
