Werner Coninx
Werner Coninx (born July 28, 1911 in Zurich ; † March 10, 1980 ibid) was a Swiss painter , art collector and patron .
Life
Werner Coninx, son of Otto Coninx-Girardet (1871–1956), the founder of Tages-Anzeiger AG , belonged to an influential and wealthy Zurich publishing family .
After dropping out of medical school, he trained as a painter and sculptor.
He was a member of the board of directors of the family company from 1942 to 1978 , but did not take on any operational tasks and devoted his life to art while his brother Otto Coninx-Wettstein managed the company.
Werner Coninx built up an important art collection, which in 1974 was transferred to the “Coninx Foundation”. As early as 1975 there was a first exhibition in the Helmhaus Zurich . Today the foundation bears the name «Werner Coninx Foundation». The foundation donated various works from the collection to several Swiss museums, including a. the Bündner Kunstmuseum around 1,000 graphic sheets and the Aargauer Kunsthaus 120 paintings on permanent loan.
Werner Coninx was the father of Severin Coninx and Rena Coninx (the mother of Pietro Supino ). He was a friend of the writer Max Frisch and financed his architecture studies.
Web links
- Werner Coninx on the website of "Werner Coninx Foundation"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coninx, Werner. In: Sikart
- ↑ Christoph Heim: rebirth of an art treasure . Tamedia Zürcher Regionalzeitungen AG, February 6, 2020 (reprinted in Landbote )
- ↑ Werner Catrina , Roger Blum , Toni Lienhard. (Ed.): Media between money and spirit: 100 years of the Tages-Anzeiger. Werd Verlag, Zurich 1993, p. 257.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coninx, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, art collector and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1980 |
| Place of death | Zurich |