Werner Büchi

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Werner Büchi (born April 29, 1916 in Zurich ; died April 12, 1999 there ) was a Swiss cartoonist and illustrator . From 1937 to 1994 he drew over 2,200 drawings on current topics for the satirical magazine Nebelspalter .

life and work

After completing his school education in Wollishofen , he started an apprenticeship as a graphic designer at an advertising agency, where he worked for two years. He then attended the arts and crafts school in Zurich, where he attended the graphics class for the next four years .

He first came into contact with this satirical magazine through the Nebelspalters competition, and from 1937 he became a regular draftsman. In addition to the Nebelspalter, Werner Büchi also put numerous drawings on paper for other publications, often over several decades. For this, the invention of belonging Brüggli Puur for the newspaper Brückenbauer We of Migros , the cartoon series Juxli for Youth Week , humorous drawings for Swiss Eulenspiegel calendar for which he contributed over 40 years of regular contributions, the TCS , the Schweizer Illustrierte Newspaper (predecessor of Schweizer Illustrierte ), covers for Schweizer Spiegel and newspapers such as Die Weltwoche , the Wochen-Zeitung and the Tages-Anzeiger , for which he invented the figure of Heiri Zürcher.

Werner Büchi also illustrated numerous books, including the popular youth books by Heiner Gross such as 3: 0 for the beards and tumult on the Kyburg or Mischa Djamans Mau, the Katzenkönig . With the departure of the illustrator Robert Lips from the most famous Swiss comic figure Globi , Werner Büchi was chosen in 1975 as the new illustrator for the annual book series. He drew Globi's brilliant idea in 1975 and Globi, the daring inventor, in 1977 . Since his secondary characters leaned too much on his own drawing style and did not orientate themselves too much on the guidelines of Robert Lips, the Ringier publishing house was looking for a new illustrator for the Globi series and finally found him in the person of Peter Heinzer .

Werner Büchi simply signed most of his drawings with his initials WB. He often wrote the texts for his caricatures himself.

The estate, previously owned by her daughter Lilly Brodersen-Büchi, includes 1,300 original drawings.

He found his final resting place in the communal grave at the Manegg cemetery in Zurich .

Publications

  • 1959: 3: 0 for the beards: The adventures of Hans Butz von Heiner Gross (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator), reprint 1992 Cardun Verlag, Winterthur, ISBN 978-3907803028
  • 1959: There are 6 with father - adventurous family holiday experiences in Ticino by Hans Schürch (author) and Werner Büchi (illustrator), Welsermühl-Verlag, Wels (Switzerland)
  • 1961: Mau, the cat king by Mischa Damjan (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator), Thienemanns Verlag , Stuttgart
  • 1962: Tumult on the Kyburg: New adventures of Hans Butz von Heiner Gross (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator), reprint 1993 Cardun Verlag, Winterthur, ISBN 978-3907803035
  • 1963: Big show on little legs by Hans Schürch (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator), Flamberg Verlag, Zurich
  • 1977: Globi, the bold inventor: Creator of the Globi figure: Robert Lips by Werner Büchi, Jürg Lendenmann, Jakob Stäheli. Translated by Elsa Wack. Globi-Verlag, Zurich, ISBN 978-3857030376
  • 1979: Büchi signs for “Prüf mit” , consumer forum, Zurich
  • 1979: The Swiss laugh about it: Nebelspalter draftsmen exhibit: Barth, Werner Büchi, René Fehr ..., Kunstverein Konstanz , Wessenberghaus, January 21 to February 25, 1979: Catalog, contributors: Wolf Barth, René Fehr, Ulrich Leiner , Werner Büchi, Verlag Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz
  • 1983: Oh, the heavenly ground staff: all sorts of happy things from vestry cupboards and parish rooms by Aloys von Euw (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator), Kansius-Verlag, Freiburg / Switzerland, ISBN 978-3857641398
  • 1985: Quickly please, Pastor: from the cheerful diary of a pastor by Gottfried Baur (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator), Kansius-Verlag, Freiburg / Switzerland
  • 1985: How to get closest to heaven. New jokes and anecdotes from the heavenly ground staff by Aloys von Euw (author) and Werner Büchi (illustrator), Kansius-Verlag, Freiburg / Switzerland, ISBN 978-3857642036
  • 1986: It works better with humor: cheerful experiences of a pastor by Gottfried Baur (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator) Kansius-Verlag, Freiburg / Switzerland
  • 1991: rascals do not die out. Cheerful stories by Guido J. Kolb (author), Werner Büchi (illustrator) Kansius-Verlag, Freiburg / Switzerland, ISBN 978-3857643484 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Büchi, Werner. In: Sikart
  2. ↑ Werner Büchi, 1916–1999 , portrait of the illustrator Werner Büchi on cyranos.ch, accessed on April 12, 2017
  3. ^ Farewell to Werner Büchi (PDF) , obituary for Werner Büchi of the Nebelspalter editorial team . In: Nebelspalter 5/1999, p. 5
  4. ↑ Lorenz Steinmann: Who will keep the Werner Büchi estate? , Article on Lokalinfo.ch from June 29, 2016, accessed on April 12, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Büchi, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cartoonist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1999
Place of death Zurich