Gottfried Honegger (Swiss, 1917–2016)

Timeline

1917: Born in Zürich, Switzerland
1932: At the age of 15 he studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich, Switzerland
1937: Teaches at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich, Switzerland
1958: Works as a designer very successfully in New York, NY
1960: Returns to Europe. Uses the studio of Sam Francis in Paris, France
1972: First monography for his 50th birthday
1985: Receives the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" from Jack Lang the French minister of culture
1990: Inauguration of his "Espaces de l'art Concret" in Mouans-Sartoux, France
2001: Becomes a member of the "Légion d'honneur" in France
: Lives and works in France

2007: Zum 90jährigen Jubiläum, Zurich, Switzerland
2005: Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz/Liechtenstein.
2003: Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos/Switzerland
Tableaux-Reliefs, Skulpturen, Zurich, Switzerland
2001: Tableaux-Reliefs, Skulpturen, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Vaduz/Liechtenstein
1999: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
1997: Zum 80. Geburtstag, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
1987: So far most important one-man-exhibition at the "Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst" in Reutlingen/Germany.

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