Werner Wälchli

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Werner Wälchli (born February 11, 1922 in Saint-Aubin-Sauges , † July 2, 2010 in Brittnau ) was a Swiss graphic artist , lithographer , painter and teacher .

life and work

UNESCO logo designed by Werner Wälchli
UNESCO signet

Wälchli was the third of six children of Alfred and Frieda, née Gugelmann. When he was two years old, the family moved to Brittnau, where he also attended schools.

Wälchli graduated from 1939 to 1943, a typesetter -Teaching at the company Ringier in Zofingen . He was a student of Eugen Kuhn at the Zofingen trade school . Through his placement, Wälchli was able to take up a job as a typesetter at the Schläfli printing company in Interlaken after completing his apprenticeship . In 1944 he gave the first handwriting course to the local handset association. During this time Werner Wälchli turned to drawing and was supported by Emil Zbinden .

In 1945, Wälchli took up a position at the Fretz printing company in Zurich, which enabled him to attend evening courses in drawing and writing at the Zurich School of Applied Arts . From 1946 to 1948 Wälchli attended the day school of the Zurich School of Applied Arts and received his training from Alfred Willimann , Walter Käch, Ernst Gubler and the graphic artist Ernst Keller, where he also met his future wife Ruth Bögli. They had three children together.

As a freelance graphic artist, he attended the Ecole d-Estienne and the Académie Lhote of André Lhote in Paris .

From 1949 to 1952, Wälchli was the artistic director of Unesco publications and designed the UNESCO logo in 1951 .

Back in Zurich they lived in Seebach . Wälchli worked as a freelance graphic artist and taught drawing and calligraphy at the Zurich School of Applied Arts from 1956 until his retirement in 1987 .

From 1973, Wälchli lived with his family in the old schoolhouse in Mattenwil in the Brittnau community. Werner and Ruth Wälchli showed their works in almost 20 exhibitions in the canton of Aargau between 1966 and 2013 .

In 2008, Wälchli wrote his last work, a small book entitled Writing and Writing in Zurich .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ OGS Seebach: Werner Wälchli and Ruth Wälchli. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wälchli, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss graphic artist, lithographer, painter and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Aubin-Sauges
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 2010
Place of death Brittnau