Helen Kasser

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Helen Kasser , née Helen Wettstein (born March 31, 1913 in Erstfeld , † March 13, 2000 in Herrliberg ), was a Swiss artist.

Life

Helen Kasser, a citizen of Zurich, grew up in Erstfeld in the canton of Uri as the daughter of a senior official of the Swiss Federal Railways. From 1929 she graduated from the Zurich School of Applied Arts , where she studied with Ernst Gubler , Otto Meyer-Amden , Otto Morach and Walter Roshardt until 1933 . In 1934 and 1937 she stayed in Paris and southern France for study purposes . Wettstein married the photographer and editor Hans Kasser in 1932 . From 1952 the couple lived in Herrliberg.

She worked as a freelance graphic artist and painter, where she designed tempera paintings , drawings, lithographs , illustrations and collages in a moderate expressionism .

Kasser illustrated several children's books for the Zurich publishing house Artemis and numerous SJW magazines . Her works were presented in solo exhibitions in 1951 in the foyer of the Schauspielhaus Zürich , in 1953 in the Städtisches Museum Amsterdam , since 1960 in group exhibitions, often with the Zurich artists' association Graphica , and regularly in Herrliberg from 1973 to 1998.

When the Herrliberg Transport and Improvement Association founded the Vogtei Gallery in 1975 , Kasser was part-time co-supervisor of this institution.

The estate, together with that of her husband, is kept in the Zurich Central Library.

Publications (selection)

  • The ugly Duckling. A fairy tale. Artemis-Verlag, Zurich 1959.
  • The cat that went by itself. A story. Artemis-Verlag, Zurich 1961.
  • Animals in the field and forest. A picture book for young children. Artemis-Verlag, Zurich 1962.
  • Hans Kasser collections. An orientation. Exhibition catalog. Vogtei Gallery, Herrliberg 1979.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk : Website. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
  2. ^ Artists' Association Zurich : Website. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Herrliberg Beautification Association : Website. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kasser, Helen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wettstein, Helen (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Erstfeld
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2000
Place of death Herrliberg