Albert Friedrich Gygax

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Albert Friedrich Gygax (* 1896 in Bern , Switzerland ; † 1968 in Bern) was a trained chemigrapher and head of the cliché establishment Busag AG in Bern. Gygax wrote the standard work on Chemigraphy Modern Chemigraphy in Theory and Practice , which was published in 1957. In 1958 he was awarded the gold medal of the Photographic Society in Vienna. Gygax also served as a member of the International Committee of Selection for the International Photography Hall of Fame at the American Museum of Photography.

Fonts

  • A chemigrapher sees America (1947)
  • A forgotten anniversary - 100 years of esteem (1955)
  • Modern chemigraphy in theory and practice . Frankfurt a. M .: Polygraph Verlag, 1957.

literature

  • A Half Century of Color, 1900-1950: 4th Biennial Exhibition of Color . American Museum of Photography, Dayton Art Institute, 1951.
  • Louis Walton Sipley: Photography's Great Inventor, Selected by an International Committee for the American Museum of Photography . 1965.
  • Claus W. Gerhardt: History of the printing process: Part 1. Embossing and screen printing . Hiersemann, A., 1974.
  • Photographic Correspondence, International Journal for Scientific and Applied Photography.
  • Albert Friedrich Gygax, A Forgotten Jubilee: 100 Years of High Etching, 1850–1950 . Swiss Gutenberg Museum, 1955, No. 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photography's great inventors, / selected by an international committee for the International Photography Hall of Fame . Siris-libraries.si.edu. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Gygax, Albert Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss chemigrapher
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH 1968
Place of death Bern