Pierangelo Boog

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Pierangelo "Angelo" Boog (born October 26, 1957 in Glarus ) is a Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and artist.

Life

Boog graduated from the Zurich University of Art and Design and graduated as a scientific illustrator HFG. He began his career as an illustrator for German fanzines. His great role model is Frank Frazetta and the illustrators of the so-called "old school" or the golden age of illustration.

As a freelance artist, Boog now often takes on orders for the advertising industry. But he was also interested in topics from science fiction . Among other things, he participated in the illustration of the magazine EXODUS - magazine for science fiction stories & fantastic graphics . Swiss Post has already issued ten stamps with his motifs.

Boog has been illustrating the “Schlagschatten” column in the NZZ Folio magazine since 2006 .

Angelo Boog lives with his wife and daughter in Wallisellen in the canton of Zurich .

Postage stamps

  • Pro Juventute: Children's rights - all children are equal (November 22, 2005)
    - CHF 1.00 + 0.45 (the nine-year-old daughter was the model when she did her housework at the dining table.)
  • 300th birthday of Leonhard Euler (March 6, 2007)
    - CHF 1.30
  • Special stamps:
    Dinosaur fossils from Swiss sites (September 3, 2010) - CHF 0.85 Predatory dinosaurs ("Fricki" from the Fricktal)
    - CHF 1.00 Fish dinosaurs
    - CHF 1.40 Pterosaurs (Raeticodactylus filisurensis)

bibliography

  • Christoph Roos: Pierangelo Boog. Blender Verlag: Bremen, 1982. (illustrated book)
    - English translation: The Art of Pierangelo Boog. A Collection of Illustrations. Blackthorne Publishing: El Cajon, 1985.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of all EXODUS issues ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.exodusmagazin.de
  2. ↑ Six working days per brand  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.documentation-pdf.com  
  3. ^ NZZ Folio - The magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Redaktion, Angelo Boog
personal data
SURNAME Boog, Pierangelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boog, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss illustrator and artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Glarus