Christoph Rütimann
Illustration — Framework of Borders, installation by Christoph Rütimann in Chur station, Switzerland. Christoph Rütimann (born 1955) is a Swiss painter. He represented Switzerland in 1993 at the Venice Biennale.
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Christoph Rütimann

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- Christoph Rütimann was born on 20 May 1955. · Zurich.
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- Switzerland
- Occupation
- painter · photographer · artist · draftsperson
- Fields
- performance art
- Honours
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Framework of Borders, installation by Christoph Rütimann in Chur station, Switzerland. Christoph Rütimann (born 1955) is a Swiss painter. He represented Switzerland in 1993 at the Venice Biennale.
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Christoph Rütimann was born at Zurich.
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Christoph Rütimann, two-sided lighting, 2008, - Switzerland, Graubuenden, Chur, railway station – departing from Chur, you see the geographical outline of Switzerland (red)
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scholarly publication
- Rütimann, Christoph, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091399212, Christoph Rütimann (1993 : Venezia).
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- “Christoph Rütimann”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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• 1989: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize • 2005: International Art Award of Vorarlberg
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Rütimann, Christoph, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091399212, Christoph Rütimann (1993 : Venezia).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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