The Swiss artist Kurt Laurenz Metzler, known for his colourful sculptures made of fiberglass and polyester, is dead. He died in Zurich at the age of 83, his son Lorenzo Metzler told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Sunday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Lorenzo Metzler confirmed reports of his father's death which had appeared in the Swiss media. The artist died last Friday morning after a long illness, his son said; the sculptor was creatively active until the end and left the world with dignity. Born on January 26, 1941 in Balgach, northern Switzerland, Metzler studied at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts and trained as a sculptor, initially working with stone, iron, metal and bronze. From the 1970s onwards, he integrated mechanical components into his sculptures and created the so-called Motormenschen (motor people). + Art, activism, and family legacy flow through a Swiss mountain pass He later added the series Grossstadtneurotiker (big city ...
