Hugo Wetli

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Hugo Wetli (born March 20, 1916 in Bern , † August 23, 1972 ibid) was a Swiss painter , graphic artist , lithographer , draftsman and illustrator .

Life

Hugo Wetli first completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman in Bern before completing an apprenticeship as a graphic designer in Bern and Geneva. He was a draftsman in a Bernese animation studio hired, then worked for the house magazine of a Geneva industrial company and changed finally 1949-1956 as head of the graphic workshop of Oltner Herrenkleiderfabrik company. His successor was Hans Küchler . In 1956 he opened his own studio and had the airline Swissair as the main client. But he also illustrated numerous travel books.

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Wetli did not begin to paint until the 1950s and has since turned more and more to painting. He was recognized as an important Swiss landscape painter, but also left behind figurative paintings and cityscapes. In 1960, together with Hans Erni , Alfred Pauletto , Celestino Piatti and Kurt Wirth, he organized an exhibition on the subject of graphic artists as painters . In 1964 he was used to design the chemistry pavilion for the national expo.

literature

  • Hugo Wetli . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 475 .
  • General artist lexicon: Bio-bibliographical index AZ , Munich a. Leipzig: KG Saur, 2000, Volume 10, Page 501, ISBN 3-598-23920-3
  • Willy Rotzler, Fritz Schärer, Karl Worbmann et al . The poster in Switzerland . Schaffhausen: Edition Stemmle, 1990, page 265.
  • J. Rast. Graphic artist as painter: Hans Erni, Alfred Pauletto, Celestino Piatti, Hugo Wetli, Kurt Wirth . Olten: Kunstverein Olten, 1962.
  • Peter Ammann: Hugo Welti In: Oltner Neujahrsblätter , Vol. 23, 1965, pp. 88-89.
  • Wolfgang Moor: Hugo Welti's design for a mural . In Oltner Neujahrsblätter, Vol. 75, 2017, p. 46

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Poster designer in Bern ( Memento from October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Wetli, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, graphic artist, lithographer, draftsman and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1972
Place of death Bern