Albert Lindegger or Lindi (14 September 1904 – 14 October 1991) was a
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painter and illustrator. He is best known as a political
satirist.
Biography
Born in
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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, he studied art in
Paris, at the ''Académie
André Lhote
Andr̩ Lhote (5 July 1885 Р24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also active and influential as a teacher and writer on art.
Early life and education
Lhote was born ...
''.
In 1934 he adopted the artist name "Lindi", and exhibited in the ''
Kunsthalle Bern''.
By the 1930s he had established himself as a
caricaturist, and travelled widely through Europe, visiting
Spain and
Turkey, as well as
Madagascar and countries in
Northern Africa.
Through the years of
World War II, Lindegger continued to draw caricatures, often critical of the
German Nazi regime, but also illustrated books such as
Émile Zola's ''
Nana'' and
Guy de Maupassant's ''
Bel Ami'' and ''
Une vie''.
After the war he continued to contribute illustrations to magazines, and worked for the publications ''
Die Weltwoche
''Die Weltwoche'' (German for "The World Week") is a Swiss weekly magazine based in Zürich. Founded in 1933, it has been privately owned by Roger Köppel since 2006.
The magazine's regular columnists include the former president of the Social D ...
'' in
Basel and ''
National-Zeitung
The ''National-Zeitung'' (NZ, ''National Newspaper'') was a weekly, extreme right newspaper, published by Gerhard Frey, who also founded the far right Deutsche Volksunion (German People's Union) as an association in 1971, turning it into a polit ...
'' and ''
Der Bund'' in Bern.
He was often employed to produce illustrations from international events such as the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...
.
Lindegger exhibited at various galleries and exhibitions over the years, such as the ''Kunstmuseum'' in
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
, the ''Landweer'' Gallery in
Amsterdam, and in 1927 at the prestigious Paris ''
Salon d'Automne''.
He was also responsible for murals at the headquarters of the
cantonal police, and at the crematorium in Bern.
His drawings are characteristically
black-and-white line-drawings, often with humorous,
anthropomorphic
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology.
Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
motifs.
Though best known for his illustrations, Lindegger also produced sculptures,
and erotic drawings of high artistic value, frequently as illustrations to self-written books.
In addition to this he was also a filmmaker, and had to his credit the movies ''Flug in den Hoggar'' (1948) and ''Madagaskar'' (1951).
Lindegger married Marianne Murkowsky in 1906. Together they had the sons Marc Albert in 1962, and Renè in 1965, who died in an accident in 1984.
Albert Lindegger died at the hospital San Giovanni in
Bellinzona in 1991.
References
Further reading
*The graphic arts journal ''
Graphis Inc.
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'' had articles on Lindegger in vols. 17 (1947) and 72 (1957).
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1904 births
1991 deaths
Swiss illustrators
Artists from Bern