Georg Erhardt (painter)

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Exhibition Villa Meier-Severini , Zollikon , Switzerland , 2018

Georg Erhardt (born June 11, 1944 in Zurich ; † March 13, 2020 there ) was a Swiss painter , graphic artist and illustrator .

Life

Georg Erhardt comes from a family of artists. He grew up in Zurich and from 1962 to 1966 completed an apprenticeship as a graphic designer with the renowned Swiss graphic artist Lora Lamm . He worked as a graphic designer , art director and illustrator in Italy ( Milan , at the La Rinascente department store 1966–1969) and in Germany ( Munich , 1969–1970) before moving back to Switzerland . After working for various advertising agencies in Zurich , he started his own business in 1974. Since 2002 he has devoted himself exclusively to painting .

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Graphics and illustration

His graphic work includes works for Toni Yoghurt, Camel , Coca-Cola , Esso , Ricola and Migros . Other works: Logos (including Restaurant Mère Catherine ( Zurich ), Bar Le Philosophe (Zurich), Kino Stüssihof / Roland / Radium, Gasthaus Güggel ( Zumikon ), C-Films), film posters (including Azzurro (2000) , Der Congress of the Penguins (1993), The boat is full (1981)), packaging design (including Toni Yoghurt, Ricola, Weber St. Adrian schnapps distillery).

painting

Georg Erhardt's art can be assigned to fantastic realism . His painting is influenced by the Italian Renaissance , German Romanticism, and the innocence of trivial visual fantasies of the American 30s. He divided his artistic work into “The Other World” and “This World”.

The Other World: He called himself “the discoverer of the Other World”. There are strange plants and animals as well as numerous bizarre machines and vehicles .

This world: this includes his other paintings and sculptures. Like portraits or subjects that are not totally fictional .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Georg Erhardt , Tages-Anzeiger, published on March 21, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Erhardt, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gigi Gogi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2020
Place of death Zurich