biography of Roger VON GUNTEN (1933)

Birth place: Zurich, Switz

Addresses: Mexico City 6, Mexico

Profession: Painter

Studied: Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich, 1948-53; Iberoamerican Univ., Mexico, 1959-60.

Exhibited: 20th Biennial Watercolors, Brooklyn Mus., NY, 1958; Confrontation 1966, Mus. Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1966; 2nd Bienal Coltejer, Medellin, Colombia, 1970; 11th Premi. Int. Dibuix, Barcelona, Spain, 1972. Awards: Soc. Amigos Acapulco First Prize, 2nd Festival Pictorico Acapulco, Mexico, 1964.

Work: Mus. Arte Mod., Mexico City; Univ. Oaxaca, Mexico; Mus. Univ. Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico; Centro Arte Mod., Guadalajara, Mexico. Commissions: paintings, Mexico Pavilions Expo 1967, Montreal, 1967 & Hemisfair 1968, San Antonio, TX, 1968; murals, Mexico Pavilion, Expo 1967, Osaka, Japan, 1969 & Centro Arte Mod., Guadalajara, Mexico, 1970.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics.

Sources: WW73; J. Garcia Ponce, Nueve Pintores Mexicanos (Ed. Era, Mex., 1968) & Aparicion de lo Invisible (Ed. Siglo XXI, Mex., 1968).