Gottfried Honegger
Illustration — Gottfried Honegger (1995) Gottfried Honegger (12 June 1917, Zurich – 17 January 2016, Zurich) was a Swiss artist and graphic designer. He was married to the Swiss illustrator Warja Lavater. He studied shop-window display at the Zurich Kunstgewerbeschule and taught there from 1948.
Also recorded as Gottfried Honegger-Lavater
Gottfried Honegger
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- Born
- 1917.
- Died
- 2016.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator, graphic artist and collector.
- Fields
- abstract art.
- Movements
- concrete art.
- Known for
- Culurs and Tribute to Jacques Monod.
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Illustration — Gottfried Honegger (1995) Gottfried Honegger (12 June 1917, Zurich – 17 January 2016, Zurich) was a Swiss artist and graphic designer. He was married to the Swiss illustrator Warja Lavater. He studied shop-window display at the Zurich Kunstgewerbeschule and taught there from 1948.
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His early work was commercial graphic design. From 1955 to 1958 he was art director at Geigy. He lived in New York City between 1958 and 1960, and held his first exhibition there. In 1961 he moved to Paris and concentrated on painting with focus on exacting explorations of circles and squares. From 1968, he worked on sculpture. Honegger also spent time in Dallas, Texas as the artist in residence at the University of Dallas. Honegger died at his home in Zürich, Switzerland from a short-illness on 17 January 2016.
Gottfried Honegger is recorded as painter, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator.
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1917
Gottfried Honegger was born in 1917.
1988
Monoforme 26 is dated 1988.
2016
Gottfried Honegger died at Zurich.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q115873: Gottfried Honegger
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16070702-X, Gottfried Honegger (Schmerikon).
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- 1.Harry Bellet, « L'artiste suisse Gottfried Honegger est mort » sur Le Monde, 18 janvier 2016.
- 2.Gottfried Honegger : Nach 90 Jahren : Wandreliefs und Skulpturen. Galerie Proarta AG. 2013.
- 3.Donation Albers-Honegger (collection en ligne) ; architectes Gigon & Guyer.
- 4.Lettre d'information du ministère de la culture, , août 2004.
- 5.Gottfried Honegger. Le Journal sentimental d'une mauvaise herbe. Artha. 80. 2003. 9782848450117.
- 6.Gottfried Honegger, pilier de l'art concret, est mort à 98 ans. Huffington Post avec AFP. 18 janvier 2016.
- 7.Gottfried Honegger. Collection Société Générale.
- 8.Changer le monde, selon le peintre Gottfried Honegger. lapresse.ca. 6 juillet 2015.
- 9.Commissariat : Christian Briend.
- 10.Archives des nominations et promotions dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- 11.JORF. PREX0004070D. Décret du 19 avril 2000 portant nomination.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- collectif. Gottfried Honegger. Waser Verlag. 1993. 978-3-908080-34-3.
- Gottfried Honneger, Le vide est plein, collection « L'art en écrit », éditions Jannink, Paris, 1994
- Le hasard est l’esprit créatif de la nature, L’œuvre en main, Éditions Peuplier, 2010
- Pour un art concret, coédition Centre national des arts plastiques et Presses du réel, Paris, 2014
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The authorities additionally record the heading Gottfried Honegger-Lavater. His recorded languages were German and French. He married Warja Lavater. Honegger worked in painting, graphics and art of sculpture. His work is associated with concrete art. He was employed by University of Dallas and Advico AG. He worked at Paris, Cannes, Zurich, Mouans-Sartoux and New York City. Honegger received Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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