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Kurt Wirth

Graphis 82, 1959

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Content includes:
Hans Pflug(Zurich): Tomi Ungerer
Dr. Willy Rotzler (Zurich): Swiss Posters 1958
Vanni Scheiwiller (Milano): Amedeo Modigliani. Drawings
Franz Hermann Wills (Berlin): Werner Klemke
Alain Jouffroy(Paris): Unesco (Paris). A work that expresses the spirit and the contradictions of the 20th century.
Dr. Willy Rotzler (Zurich): Kurt Wirth
Herb Lubalin (New York): The Typographic Image in America
Virgilo Guzzi (Roma): Modern Ceramics in Italy
Tamara Talbot Rice (Edinburgh): The Art of the Scythian Nomads

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kurt Wirth
  • Year: 1959
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
Kurt Wirth was born in Bern in 1917 and studied graphics from 1933 to 1936. He  opened his illustration studio in 1937, working with newspapers and magazines. His first exhibition took place in 1943. In 1951, he traveled to Paris, southern France, and Italy, expanding his work to include posters for Swissair, exhibitions, and tourism. From 1956 to 1959, he led the Association of Swiss Graphic Designers. In 1960, he resumed art and study trips to various countries and designed book covers for Fischer editions, posters for pharmaceutical companies, and wrote a drawing manual in 1965.

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Graphis 82, 1959. Cover design by Kurt Wirth.
Graphis 82, 1959. Cover design by Kurt Wirth.
Kurt Wirth was born in Bern in 1917 and studied graphics from 1933 to 1936. He  opened his illustration studio in 1937, working with newspapers and magazines. His first exhibition took place in 1943. In 1951, he traveled to Paris, southern France, and Italy, expanding his work to include posters for Swissair, exhibitions, and tourism. From 1956 to 1959, he led the Association of Swiss Graphic Designers. In 1960, he resumed art and study trips to various countries and designed book covers for Fischer editions, posters for pharmaceutical companies, and wrote a drawing manual in 1965.
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