Theo Glinz

Theo Glinz
Born	6 September 1890 Lenzburg, Switzerland
Died	10 May 1962(1962-05-10) (aged 71) Horn, Switzerland

Theo Glinz (1890–1962) was a Swiss painter.

Glinz was born on 6 September 1890 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. His father was an art teacher in the local school district. He moved to eastern Switzerland in 1915; in 1927 he relocated to Horn. ^[1]

Selected works

• Südliche Landschaft (Southern landscape), oil painting
• Die Kirche von Carona (The church of Carona), oil on wood
• Grosse Gartenlandschaft (Large garden landscape), oil on plywood
• Waldlichtung (Forest clearing), pen and pencil on paper
• Altenrhein, oil on plywood
• Bad Horn, oil on canvas, 1933
• Landschaft bei der Grünau, Horn (Landscape at Grünau, Horn), pen and ink drawing on paper, 1941
• Er spricht zu seinem Volk (He speaks to his people), oil on plywood, 1942
• Landarbeiter bei der Ruhepause (Agricultural workers at rest), oil on panel, 1947

Literature

• Literature by and about Theo Glinz in the catalog of the German National Library (in German)

References

1. Wirth, Daniel. "Kunst an der Hauptstrasse am See in Horn: Fresken von Theo Glinz blinzeln plötzlich wie neu über die Mauern des Schlossareals". tagblatt.ch. Retrieved 17 June 2025.