Fritz Schwegler (7 May 1935 – 3 June 2014) was a German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and musician.
[1] Born in the Swabian town of Breech near Göppingen, Schwegler was first apprenticed as a joiner to his father.
[2] As an artist, he first created image collages and spoken performances, entitled "Effeschiaden", "Effeschiadiana", "Effeschiaturen", "Moritafeln", "Zehnerschaften", "Viererreihen" and "Urnotizen",[3] accompanied by photographs and film sequences.
According to the jurors, Werner Spies, Manfred Schneckenburger and Dominic van den Boogerd, "at the end of the 20th century", he "created a register of plastic art without comparison".
[5] For three decades, Schwegler was a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was in close contact with Joseph Beuys.