Paul Degen

Paul Degen (24 March 1941 – 30 May 2007) was a Swiss illustrator, caricaturist, painter and sculptor. He is mostly known for the cartoons 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 a lithograph at the Wassermann Ag in Basel and graduation from the "Kunstschule Basel", Paul Degen continued his education at the graphic design studio of Theo Ballmer and at the Académie Julianin Paris.In the 1960s Paul Degen worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator with Herbert Leupin, Celestino Piatti, Fritz Bühler and at the Atelier 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 the Push Pin Studios with Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast.After living in Brasil, Peru, Hawaii, Bali and his return to New York at the end of the 1988, Paul Degen moved back to Liestal near Basel in 1990.Paul Degen died on May 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 the USA
* 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 York

Book 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: B000BWRFP0

References

*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&section=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#Paul

External links

* [http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/search_results_category.asp?sitetype=1&keyword=Paul+Degen&oldSection=all&advanced=0&x=0&y=0&section=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.)]

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