KUNST AM BUCH

Kunst am Buch

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Peller, Hugo
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1947
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Lettres portugaises

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Henri Matisse: Lettres portugaises

About the artist: Hugo Peller was born in Solothurn in 1917, the son of a master bookbinder, where he also began his bookbinding apprenticeship in 1934. Even then, he was interested in the craft. After his apprenticeship, he spent time working in Strasbourg. After active service in the Second World War, the renowned Swiss bookbinder Altermatt helped him to find work and school in Paris. At the Ecole Estienne, he was able to thoroughly expand his skills in binding techniques, gilding and decoration with respected teachers. Back in his own studio in Solothurn in 1946, he benefited from the extensive and enriching co-operation with the Olten Bücherfreunde. From 1946 to 1967, he also worked as a specialised teacher at the Solothurn trade school and gave various evening classes. From 1955 he was a member of the MDE (Meister der Einbandkunst) association, where he also served on the board and gave gilding courses.

Following the bankruptcy of Joseph Stemmle, Hugo Peller was appointed as the new director of the Centro del libro in Ascona in 1978.