- Paul Degen
Paul Degen (
24 March 1941 –30 May 2007 ) was a Swissillustrator ,caricaturist , painter andsculptor . He is mostly known for thecartoon s he did for "The New York Times " and his 34 title illustrations for the magazine "The New Yorker " in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1992 he was awarded the "Basel Innovation Prize" for inventing the "Roma birthing wheel".Life
Paul Degen was born on
24 March 1941 in Basel, Switzerland. After his education as alithograph at the Wassermann Ag in Basel and graduation from the "Kunstschule Basel", Paul Degen continued his education at the graphic design studio ofTheo Ballmer and at theAcadémie Julian in Paris.In the 1960s Paul Degen worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator withHerbert Leupin ,Celestino Piatti ,Fritz Bühler and at theAtelier Eidenbenz in Switzerland.In 1970 he moved to New York and worked, besides freelancing as a cartoonist and illustrator for "The New York Times", "Esquire", "Harper's Magazine " and "The Atlantic Monthly ", at thePush Pin Studios withMilton Glaser andSeymour Chwast .After living inBrasil ,Peru ,Hawaii ,Bali and his return to New York at the end of the 1988, Paul Degen moved back toLiestal near Basel in 1990.Paul Degen died onMay 30 ,2007 in Basel following an operation.Exhibitions
* Architecture for Children (1000 boxes),
Hudson River Museum , New York
* 34American Architects Travelling Exhibit -Rome ,Venice ,Milan ,Bologna and theUSA
* 1979 - Gallerie Commercio,Zurich
* 1979/81 - Hotel Engel,Liestal
* 1981 - Susumo Gallery,Sidney
* 1985 - Hotel Engel, Liestal
* 2006 - HP-GARCIA Gallery, Hell´s Kitchen/ New YorkBook Illustrations
* "
The Emperor's New Clothes ",Hans Christian Andersen , Random House (1978), ISBN 0394838408
* "O thou Improper thou uncommun noun", Clarkson N Potter Inc, NY (1978), ISBN 0517535114
* "David Copperfield",Charles Dickens , Franklin Library (1980), ASIN: B000BWRFP0References
*http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Degen
*http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/search_results_category.asp?sitetype=1&keyword=Paul+Degen&oldSection=all&advanced=0&x=0&y=0§ion=covers
*http://www.rileyillustration.com/test3.php?artistFirst=Paul&artistLast=Degen&command=Artist
*http://www.stigma7.com/Referenzen%20Paul%20Degen.htm
*http://www.romabirth.com/main/entw-e4.htm#PaulExternal links
* [http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/search_results_category.asp?sitetype=1&keyword=Paul+Degen&oldSection=all&advanced=0&x=0&y=0§ion=covers Covers from The New Yorker (engl.)]
* [http://www.rileyillustration.com/test3.php?artistFirst=Paul&artistLast=Degen&command=Artist Works of Paul Degen at Riley Illustration (engl.)]
* [http://www.stigma7.com/Degen/The_New_Yorker_NP/NYer_NP.htm Unpublished covers for The New Yorker from Paul Degen at stigma7 (germ./engl.)]Persondata
NAME=Degen, Paul
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DATE OF BIRTH= 24. March 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH=Basel
DATE OF DEATH= 30. May 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Basel
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