Robert Stocklin
Robert Stöcklin (born February 17, 1889 in Basel ; † February 25, 1931 there ) was a Swiss commercial artist .
life and work
After an apprenticeship as a printer and the following years of traveling , Robert Stöcklin worked as a typesetter in various Basel companies. In connection with the assembly of typesetting machines he supervised , there was always the opportunity for him to travel to other European countries. Finally, Stöcklin moved to Leipzig, where he joined a large printing company at the time of the First World War and, in addition to this activity, trained as a commercial artist at the Royal Academy for the Graphic Arts and Book Industry there. After the end of the war he returned to Basel, where he was the technical director of a printing company and worked for the Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft before finally opening his own graphics studio.
From 1920 on, Stöcklin designed a number of written posters and the like. a. for the sample fair and the trade museum . He also won comments on the Basler Kunstkredit . In connection with this, the cantonal education department entrusted him with the redesign of the certificates and other graphic works. At the trade school he gave courses in handwriting.
Robert Stöcklin died of severe diphtheria at the age of 42 . He is one of the pioneers of artistic written posters in Switzerland.
literature
- ES: [Nekrolog] . In: National newspaper . No. 94 , February 26, 1931.
Web links
- Stoecklin, Robert. In: Sikart
- Posters by Robert Stöcklin in the e-museum, Museum of Design Zurich
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorothea Hofmann: The birth of a style. The influence of the Basel training model on Swiss graphics . Trieste, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-03863-017-3 , pp. 464-465 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stöcklin, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoecklin, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss commercial artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1931 |
| Place of death | Basel |