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Biography |
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1904 |
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Born |
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1919 - 1930 |
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Training and employment as technical draftsman at Maag Zahnräder AG Zurich, Switzerland |
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1930 - 1931 |
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Studies typography, graphic design, drawing, and film at the Reimannschule Berlin, Germany |
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1932 |
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Works for the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, publishes regularly in the in-house magazine Der Gleichrichter Switzerland |
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1934 |
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Produces his first commissioned book entitled MFO, a portrait of the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, and afterwards buys a Leica camera Switzerland |
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1937 |
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Intensive engagement with filmmaking Switzerland |
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1943 |
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Publication of his book Fabrik Switzerland |
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1939 - 1944 |
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Military service in the canton Aargau and the Bernese Seeland until 1944 Switzerland |
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1949 |
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October issue of Camera is dedicated to Tuggener as photographer and filmmaker |
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1951 |
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Founding member of the Kollegium Schweizerischer Photographen (Academy of Swiss Photographers) Switzerland |
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1982 |
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Receives the “Award for Cultural Merit” from the city of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland |
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1988 |
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Died |
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Exhibitions |
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2004 - 2005 |
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“Jakob Tuggener: Ballnächte” Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) |
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2000 |
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“Jakob Tuggener” Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland (solo) |
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1994 |
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“Industriebild” Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland |
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1982 |
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“Dreissiger Jahre Schweiz. Ein Jahrzehnt im Widerspruch” Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
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1981 - 1982 |
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“Tuggeners Bücher” Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland (solo) |
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1980 |
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“Jakob Tuggener/August Sander” Work Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland |
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1979 |
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“Neue Sachlichkeit und Surrealismus in der Schweiz 1915–1940” Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland |
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1978 |
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“Jakob Tuggener. Photographien” Stadthaus Uster, Switzerland (solo) |
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1975 |
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“Photographie in der Schweiz 1840 bis heute” Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
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1974 |
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“Jakob Tuggener. Fotografien 1930 bis heute” Helmhaus Zurich and the Museum der Stadt Solothurn, Switzerland (solo) |
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1969 - 1970 |
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“Feine Feste” Die Neue Sammlung, Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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1969 |
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“Jakob Tuggener” Galerie am Platz, Eglisau, Switzerland (solo) |
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1958 |
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“Photographs from the Museum Collection” Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
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1955 |
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“The Family of Man” Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
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1953 |
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“Postwar European Photography” Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
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1951 |
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“Kollegium Schweizerischer Photographen” Helmhaus Zürich, Switzerland |
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Literature |
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2005 |
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photo book Jakob Tuggener, Ball Nights/Ballnächte 1934-1950, Scalo Verlag, Zurich. |
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2000 |
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monograph Jakob Tuggener. Photographs, by Martin Gasser, Scalo Verlag, Zurich. |
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1965 |
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photo book Forum alpinum, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Forum alpinum, Schweizerische Buchgemeinschaft, Zurich. |
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1956 |
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photo book Zürcher Oberland, Jakob Tuggener, Verlag Buchdruckerei Wetzikon und Rüti, Wetzikon. |
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1943 |
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photo book Fabrik. Ein Bildepos der Technik, Jakob Tuggener, Rotapfel-Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich. |
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