Gottfried Honegger
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Gottfried Honegger is 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. His early work was commercial graphic design
.
From 1955-1958 he was art director at Geigy.
He lived in New York
between 1958 and 1960, and held his first exhibition there.
In 1961 he moved to Paris
and concentrated on painting, which concentrated on exacting explorations of circles and squares, and (from 1968), sculpture.
Honegger also spent time in Dallas, Texas
as the artist in residence at the University of Dallas
.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and graphic designer
Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
. He was married to the Swiss illustrator Warja Lavater
Warja Honegger-Lavater
Warja Honegger-Lavater was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion fold books that re-tell classic fairy tales with symbols rather than words .- Personal life :Honegger-Lavater spent the...
. He studied shop-window display at the Zurich Kunstgewerbeschule
Kunstgewerbeschule
A Kunstgewerbeschule was the old name for an advanced school of applied arts in German-speaking countries. The first such schools were opened in Kassel in 1867 and Berlin and Munich in 1868 with other German towns following. They are now merged into universities....
and taught there from 1948. His early work was commercial graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
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From 1955-1958 he was art director at Geigy.
He lived in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
between 1958 and 1960, and held his first exhibition there.
In 1961 he moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and concentrated on painting, which concentrated on exacting explorations of circles and squares, and (from 1968), sculpture.
Honegger also spent time in Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
as the artist in residence at the University of Dallas
University of Dallas
The University of Dallas is a private, independent Catholic regional university located in Irving, Texas, established in 1956, which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. According to U.S...
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