| Dates: | 1907 - 1984, 8 May | | Born: | Switzerland, Engelberg | | Active: | Switzerland / US | | Gender: | Male |
In 1932-1936 he designed the photomontages used as advertising by the Swiss National Tourist Office. He emigrated to the USA in 1937 and found work as a freelance designer and photographer for ‘Vogue‘ and ‘Harper‘s Bazaar‘.Preparing biographies
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Family history
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| Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website |
The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here. |
• Bauret, Gabriel (ed. and text) 2001 Color Photography (New York: Assouline) [Includes example color photographs by Herbert Matter]
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