Le Corbusier – Comm. des Manifestations La Chaux de Fonds

Artist: Werner Jeker
Year: 1987
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″

About this poster

The architect, designer and painter Le Corbusier is considered to be the founder of modern architecture. He was born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret in La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in 1887 and later adopted the pseudonym Le Corbusier, which was based on his great-grandfather’s name. After his school education, he moved to France and became a French citizen. Le Corbusier modernised architecture fundamentally: for him, it had to be functional, puristic and economical. He also applied this principle to furniture design, sculpture, painting, and graphic design. By the time he died in 1965, he was seen as one of the most important pioneers in avant-garde architecture and one of the most important architects of the 20th century. His portrait graced the Swiss ten-franc bank note from 1997 to 2017.

Artist: Werner Jeker

Werner Jeker was born in Mümliswil (canton of Solothurn) in 1944 and lives and works in Lausanne. In 1983 he founded the graphic and industrial design studio “Les Ateliers du Nord” in Lausanne with Antoine Cahen and Claude Frossard. He has worked with a number of important cultural, social and commercial institutions creating posters, publications, visual identities and exhibition designs. He has taught in La... more

Werner Jeker was born in Mümliswil (canton of Solothurn) in 1944 and lives and works in Lausanne. In 1983 he founded the graphic and industrial design studi ...

o “Les Ateliers du Nord” in Lausanne with Antoine Cahen and Claude Frossard. He has worked with a number of important cultural, social and commercial institutions creating posters, publications, visual identities and exhibition designs. He has taught in La... more