Feliks Buettner

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AIDA ship with typical design by Feliks Büttner
Metal sculpture "Felix" by Feliks Büttner on the Warnow in Warnemünde

Feliks Büttner (born May 17, 1940 in Merseburg , real name Helmut Büttner; Feliks was a nickname in childhood and was retained as an artist name) is a German painter and graphic artist . He became famous for the design of the "kissable mouth" for the AIDA cruise ships .

Life

From 1956 to 1960 Büttner completed an apprenticeship as a decorator and poster painter in Zeitz , which was followed by studies at the Heiligendamm College of Applied Arts until 1961 . During this time the company moved to Rostock. From 1961 to 1966 he worked as a theater graphic artist at the Kleist Theater in Frankfurt (Oder) and at the Rostock Volkstheater . In 1967 he was accepted into the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . In 1987 and 1988 Büttner was a member of the jury of poster biennials in Fort Collins (Colorado, USA) and Lahti (Finland). In 1989 he took part in the Il du desarmement campaign in Paris with five European designers .

In 1992 Büttner became president of the Pro Arte artists' academy in Rostock, and in 1993 a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). In 1994 he was part of the planning team for the poster exhibition on the subject of humor and satire in Essen . At times he worked as a lecturer at the Rostock Technical Art School.

In 1996, Büttner's design for the bow painting of the new ships of the cruise company AIDA Cruises received great international attention . The motif consists of eyes (both sides) and a kissable mouth at the tip of the bow. Starting with today's AIDAcara , a design concept was implemented that has so far been continued in all of the shipping company's subsequent newbuildings. Feliks Büttner is also involved in the artistic interior design of the AIDA ships.

In 2018 he illustrated the exhibition catalog for the Joachim Ringelnatz Association in Wurzen with the title: Joachim Ringelnatz Feliks Büttner , which was published by Hinstorff Verlag in Rostock .

Feliks Büttner lives and works in a historic windmill in Lichtenhagen , on the outskirts of Rostock.

literature

  • Achim Treder: Feliks Büttner - who kisses the world: of suspenders and doves of peace . Edition Treder and Treder, Rostock 2017, ISBN 978-3-943642-76-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Feliks Büttner on artfuhrmann.de, accessed on December 4, 2017
  2. ↑ Feliks Büttner on edition-pommern.com, accessed on December 4, 2017
  3. ↑ Feliks Büttner - The AIDA kissing mouth painter on kreuzfahrt-coach.de, accessed on December 4, 2017
  4. ↑ Joachim Ringelnatz - Feliks Büttner. Exhibition catalog. Hinstorff, Rostock 2018, ISBN 978-3-356-02218-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Büttner, Feliks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Büttner, Helmut Feliks (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Merseburg