Felix Hoffmann (artist)
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
- Aarau City Church
- Reformed Church Auenstein
- Reformed Church Rheinfelden (1941)
- Bern Minster (1943–1946)
- Reformed Church of Bozen
- Reformed Church of Buchs
- Reformed Church Kirchberg
- Reformed Church Rupperswil (1939)
- Umiken Reformed Church
- Reformed Church Windisch
- Reformed Church Rüschlikon (1974)
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
- Verena Rutschmann: Hoffmann, Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Jochen Hesse: Hoffmann, Felix. In: Sikart
- Literature by and about Felix Hoffmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website about Felix Hoffmann
- Felix Hoffmann's biography in the Swiss Art Database
- Entry on Felix Hoffmann at the Int. Woodcutters Association XYLON
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Verena Rutschmann: Hoffmann, Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data | |
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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 |