Juerg Spahr

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Jürg Spahr (stage name Jüsp ; born February 1, 1925 in Catania ; † March 14, 2002 in Basel ) was a Swiss cartoonist and cabaret artist .

Life

Grave on the Wolfgottesacker in Basel.
Grave on the Wolfgottesacker

Jürg Spahr was born into a Swiss merchant family in Sicily and grew up in eastern Switzerland from 1939. From 1945 to 1948 he studied law.

Spar published his first cartoons in 1943 and from 1948 worked as a freelance caricaturist and graphic artist. From 1948 to 1951 he appeared in the Kikeriki cabaret in Basel and in 1951 in the Kom (m) ödchen in Düsseldorf . He liked to work on sporting topics in his drawings. He "was a distinguished cartoonist, well-known far beyond Swiss borders and award-winning".

In 1988 Spahr was honored with the Ehrespalebärglemer . His well-known works included the drawings for the Nebelspalter , the National-Zeitung , the bridge builder and the week . In total, he made around 10,000 drawings. Spahr played a decisive role in setting up the Caricature & Cartoon Museum Basel and was its first curator from 1978 to 1995.

Jürg Spahr found his final resting place on the Wolfgottesacker in Basel.

Works

  • Do you think that's funny? Book publisher of the Basler Zeitung, Basel 1996.
  • Lulu & Co. book publisher of the Basler Zeitung, Basel 1996.
  • Sport, sport. Book publisher of the Basler Zeitung, Basel 1989.
  • Jusport. 1989.
  • Collection of caricatures & cartoons Basel. Christoph Merian Foundation, Merian, Basel 1985.
  • Sport in the picture. Verlag Tip, Basel 1967.
  • Basel for beginners. with Hanns U. Christen. Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 1960.

literature

  • Kurt Fleming: Caricaturist Lexicon , 1993.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cartoonist Jürg Spahr alias «Jüsp» has died. Article on news.ch from March 19, 2002.
  2. ^ Claudia Bieler: Spahr, Jürg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Spahr, Juerg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Catania
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 2002
Place of death Basel