Werner Nanny

Werner Nänny (born April 4, 1916 in Herisau ; † May 4, 1992 in Basel ) was a Swiss painter, draftsman and graphic artist .

Artistic creation

Nänny was a diverse artist: painter, watercolourist, draftsman and lithographer. Among other things, he has (like other well-known Swiss artists) distinguished himself as a lantern artist for the famous Basel Carnival. In the volume “Weltformat - Basel Contemporary History in Posters” it says about Nänny's work as a graphic artist: “The Wassermann company was founded on July 3, 1897 as Wassermann & Schäublin as by far the largest poster printing company in Basel (...) It owes its good reputation to specialized printers and At the time of lithography, excellent lithographers like the legendary Werner Nänny. ”In 1958 Nänny lithographed original pictures by Pablo Picasso for the poster“ Modern Masters ”of the Beyeler Gallery .

Works in public collections and museums

• Museum of Design Zurich , MfGZ / Zurich University of the Arts , ZHdK

student

• Mario Grasso

literature

• Swiss Institute for Art Research Zurich and Lausanne (ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art. Dictionnaire biographique de l'art suisse. Dizionario biografico dell'arte svizzera. Volume 2, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1998.
• Swiss Institute for Art Research Zurich and Lausanne (ed.): Artist directory of Switzerland. Including the Principality of Liechtenstein. Répertoire des artistes suisses, la Principauté du Liechtenstein incluse. Dizionario degli artisti svizzeri, incluso il Principato di Liechtenstein. 1980-1990. Huber, Frauenfeld 1991.
• Association for the publication of the Swiss artist lexicon (ed.): Artist lexicon of Switzerland. XX. Century. 2 volumes. Huber, Frauenfeld 1958–1967. (unchanged reprint 1983)
• Monika Schib Stirnimann, Charles Stirnimann , Rolf Thalmann: World format: Basel contemporary history in posters. Historical Museum Basel. Christoph-Merian-Verlag, 2001, pp. 68, 88, 90.
• Christine Burckhardt-Seebass: Nuances: Carnival and urban society 1923–1998. Basler Zeitung, 1998, pp. 60, 115.
• Walter Ch. Vogt: Hephaestus. Drama. Lithograph by Werner Nänny. Joos, Basel 1954.
• Stefanie Poley, Hanne Bergius: Under the mask of the fool. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1981, p. 242.
• Basel Bibliography. 10th edition. Publications of the University Library Basel, 1990, p. 143.
• Reinhard Oberschelp, Willi Gorzny, Wilhelm Totok (eds.): Complete directory of German-language literature: 1911–1965. KG Saur, 1980, p. 212.
• German bibliography: five-year directory. Volume 3: Austrian National Library, Swiss National Library, German Library. Booksellers Association, Frankfurt am Main 1968, p. 4474.
• Swiss book directory. Volume 1: Swiss National Bibliography, Swiss National Library, Swiss Booksellers Association, Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association. 1956, p. 1034.
• Sascha Demarmels: Yes, no, Switzerland: Swiss voting posters in the 20th century. Uvk Verlag, 2009, p. 296.
• Joorhund-Blatt: 100 Years of the Basler Wednesday Society, 1907–2007. 2007, p. 5.

Web links

• Nanny, Werner. In: Sikart
• Museum of Design Zurich / Zurich University of the Arts, poster collection: poster by Werner Nänny from 1941
• Carnival & Art & Tinguely February 3rd - May 16th 2010 Museum Tinguely
• Exhibition Museum Tinguely

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Stirnimann, Rolf Thalmann: Weltformat: Basler Zeitgeschichte in the poster. Historisches Museum Basel, Christoph-Merian-Verlag, 2001, p. 68.
2. ↑ Internet presence of the student of W. Nänny Mario Grasso  ( 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. : under the heading “3. The years of training ”click on the corresponding photos with the corresponding description.