Ursula Eichenberger

Ursula Eichenberger - FOVENTION ARTIFIELEL

Técnica: Collage

Biografía del Artista:

With a stature typical of women from central Europe, one could say that Ursula does not go unnoticed, if it were not for the fact that her artistic sensitivity stands out above all else. In 2007, an intercity train took her from Lisbon to the north of the country. "To get to know Portugal, out of curiosity," she says. When she saw the sea at Espinho, she thought she had to stop at the next stop. "When I saw the sea... It is very beautiful. I decided to go. The light, the sea, the surroundings, the fishermen... such a genuine village." And it was in contact with the village of Aguda that the passion between Úrsula and Portugal began. Inspired by the environment that surrounded her, the artist dedicated herself to figurative art, portraying through painting the simple life of those fishermen. Rebellion and creation Ursula was born 57 years ago in Winterthur to an orthodox family when it came to upbringing. However, Ursula's rebelliousness soon proved to be averse to convention and at the age of 20 she left her parents' home. At that time, Ursula also left her studies in Fine Arts behind and headed to an unfamiliar Switzerland. "I went to Switzerland to work in hotels, I did these jobs to survive. "I was there for two or three years," he says. The artist studied journalism in Zurich and even worked in Lucerne. Shortly afterwards, the desire to change her life became stronger again and Ursula and her future husband moved to Italy: the idea was to become farmers. And for 19 years that was the life she led. But the will to create, that one, never left her. As life took on different contours, so did his works. If in Italy he used "earth colours, ochres, browns, greens", when he arrived in northern Portugal his brushes turned more towards "cold tones, the sky, the water, the wind. In Italy they were "The warmer tones, here it's more blue," he reflects while the cigarette dangles from his fingers and his gaze is lost in the numerous works that surround his apartment.