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Rudolf Maeglin was born in Basel in 1892. After leaving secondary school he studied medicine. After taking his state examination in 1918 he worked as a junior doctor at the Geneva Cantonal Hospital. A year later he abandoned the medical profession and turned to art. After a trip to Italy in 1921 he studied in various art academies in Paris and travelled to Brittany and Spain. He returned to Basel in 1927 and worked as a labourer on building sites and in the chemical industry. In 1933, he co-founded the Basel artists’ collective “Gruppe 33” [Group 33]. Three years later he was working freelance, mainly on woodcuts, and became a member of the “Xylon” wood engravers’ association. From 1947 he lived in a studio in the Kleinhüningen district of Basel, where he died in 1971.
Rudolf Maeglin was born in Basel in 1892. After leaving secondary school he studied medicine. After taking his state examination in 1918 he worked as a junior doctor at the Geneva Cantonal Hospital. A year later he abandoned the medical profession and turned to art. After a trip to Italy in 1921 he studied in various art academies in Paris and travelled to Brittany and Spain. He returned to Basel in 1927 and worked as a labourer on building sites and in the chemical industry. In 1933, he co-founded the Basel artists’ collective “Gruppe 33” [Group 33]. Three years later he was working freelance, mainly on woodcuts, and became a member of the “Xylon” wood engravers’ association. From 1947 he lived in a studio in the Kleinhüningen district of Basel, where he died in 1971.
