Hans Coray
Hans Coray (* 9. June 1906 in Wald ZH ; † 22. November 1991 in Zurich ) was a Swiss artist and furniture - Designer .
life and work
He studied Romance languages at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in 1929. In 1930 he designed furniture for the first time. With Anton Stankowski , Richard P. Lohse , Heiri Steiner , Hans Neuburg , Hans Fischli , Verena Loewensberg , Max Bill and others he formed a cultural circle in connection with the Zurich School of Concrete .
His most important design is the Landi chair , which he presented in a competition in 1938 for the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 and was successful. Coray, who worked primarily as a painter and sculptor after the 1950s, attached great importance to the functionality and simplicity of his models and is considered a pioneer of industrial design .
His Landi chair has been part of a series of Swiss Post stamps on the subject of Swiss “design classics” since 2004 .
literature
- University of Art and Design Zurich: Hans Coray - artist and designer. Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-907065-20-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Coray in the catalog of the German National Library
- Coray, Hans. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coray, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist and designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1991 |
| Place of death | Zurich |