Felix Hoffmann (artist)

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The fresco “Bachfischet” on the upper mill, Aarau old town, was no longer replaced in the original location

Felix Hoffmann (born April 18, 1911 in Aarau ; † June 16, 1975 there ) was a Swiss graphic designer and artist .

Life

Hoffmann was the son of the Aargau music director Emil Adolf Hoffmann . He attended the Aarau Cantonal School and in 1931 the Basel Trade School . From 1931 to 1933 he attended the Karlsruhe Art School , where he trained in woodcut . From 1933 to 1934 Hoffmann attended the State School for Free and Applied Arts in Berlin . From 1935 he worked as a "graphic artist and freelance painter" in Aarau. In the 1930s he married the later famous politician Gretel Hoffmann-Kienscherf (born September 5, 1912; † October 17, 2012). It was in 1973 one of the first women MPs in Einwohnerrat the city of Aarau and was considered to be profiled Councilor of the EPP .

Felix Hoffmann created numerous children's book illustrations, illustrations of literature (including the only illustration of the Magic Mountain authorized by Thomas Mann ) as well as church windows , frescoes and etchings . The “Bachfischet” fresco had to be removed, but was reinstalled in the original location.

Works

Church window

Isaiah window in the Bern Minster

Awards

literature

  • Felix Hoffmann - Retrospective, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau . Sauerländer Verlag, Aarau 1977, ISBN 3-7941-1637-2 .
  • Lexicon of Swiss Picture Book Illustrators, 1900-1980. 1983, p. 36

Web links

Commons : Felix Hoffmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Verena Rutschmann: Hoffmann, Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofuman, Ferikusu; Hūfmān, Filīks; Hop'ŭman, P'elliksŭ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss graphic designer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarau
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1975
Place of death Aarau