Gottfried Honegger

Gottfried Honneger Artist and Swiss Collector , born in 1917 with Zurich, lives and works with Paris and Mouans-Sartoux (the Alpes-Maritimes)

Creative of the Space of concrete Art of Mouans Sartoux, Donation Albers-Honegger

It passes its childhood in the mountains of the Grisons Painter since 1938 It is really devoted to this activity only starting from its stay in New York in 1958

1960 First personal exposure to Martha Jackson Gallery in New York

It exposes then to Paris, then of return in Europe, it definitively gives up its other activities to be devoted completely to Article.

1963 Exposure the Lawrence Gallery to Paris

1964 in Guggenheim International have New York

1966 Exposure to Stuttgart

1967 Exposure to Zurich

1972, with the Large palace, in Paris, within the framework of the " Artistic creation in France 1960-1972"

1975 It takes part in Xlllème Biennale of Sao Paulo

1978 exposure to the Museum of Modern art, Paris

Gottfried Honegger proves one of the most original creators of the concrete Art, recognized both in the United States and in Europe He is the author of many monumental achievements

He only works on the principle of the variations from one and even topic: " " volume; Structure" " Stèles"

While preserving the influence of concrete art Inhabitant of Zurich of max Bill and Richard Lhose, Honegger has recourse, in years 60/70 with a vertical mathematical programming, given. The recourse to the computer then enables him to develop its plastic research.

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