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Gottfried Honegger (Swiss, 1917)
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Gottfried Honegger
Blaue Skulptur 1999
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Gottfried Honegger
Etude Pliage, lichtblau 2007
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Gottfried Honegger
Multiple orange and turquoise 1999
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Gottfried Honegger
P 1210, Halbkreis, orange 1994
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Gottfried Honegger
Pliage C54 (left) and Pliage C65 (right) 2002
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Gottfried Honegger
Pliage, hellgrün 2007
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Biography |
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1917 |
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Born in Zürich/Switzerland. |
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1932 |
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At the age of 15 he studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich. |
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1937 |
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Teaches at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich. |
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1958 |
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Works as a disigner very successfully in New York. |
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1960 |
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Returns to Europe. Uses the studio of Sam Francis in Paris. |
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1972 |
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First monography for his 50th birthday. |
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1985 |
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Receives the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" from Jack Lang the French minister of culture. |
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1990 |
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Inauguration of his "Espaces de l'art Concret" in Mouans-Sartoux/France. |
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2001 |
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Becomes a Membre of the "Légion d'honneur" in France. |
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Lives and works in France. |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Zum 90jährigen Jubiläum, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz/Liechtenstein. |
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2003 |
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Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos/Switzerland. |
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2003 |
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Tableaux-Reliefs, Skulpturen, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2001 |
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Tableaux-Reliefs, Skulpturen, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2001 |
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Kunstmuseum Vaduz/Liechtenstein. |
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1999 |
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Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland |
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1997 |
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Zum 80. Geburtstag, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland |
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1987 |
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So far most important one-man-exhibition at the "Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst" in Reutlingen/Germany. |
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