Franz Fedier

Franz Fedier (17 February 1922 – 11 May 2005) was a Swiss painter associated with abstract art and Informel. After early figurative work, he moved toward abstraction in the 1950s and was one of the Swiss representatives at documenta II in Kassel in 1959. He later headed the painting class at the Schule für Gestaltung in Basel and served as president of the Swiss Federal Art Commission.

Biography Franz Fedier was born on 17 February 1922 in Erstfeld, Switzerland. He trained as a painter-decorator in Brugg from 1939 to 1941, before studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule Luzern under Max von Moos. He was also a pupil of Heinrich Danioth and assisted him with mural projects. After early figurative work, his paintings moved toward abstraction in the 1950s. He also conceived unrealised public-art projects, including a 1970 proposal for geometric colour patterns on the Susten Pass, as well as proposals for the Gotthard motorway and the Teufelsstein near Göschenen.