Paul Degen Artist

Paul Degen (24 March 1941 – 30 May 2007) was a Swiss illustrator, caricaturist, painter and sculptor. He is mostly known for the cartoons he did for The New York Times and his 34 title illustrations for The New Yorker magazine in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1992 he was awarded the Basel Innovation Prize for inventing the "ROMA birth wheel."

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 24, 1941
Birth place
Basel
Nationality
Switzerland
Date of deathMay 30, 2007
Place of death
Basel

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Artist

Field of work
Sculpture
Illustration
Caricature
Painting
training at
Académie Julian

Paul Degen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.romabirth.com/main/entw-e4.htm#Paul
  2. http://www.stigma7.com/Degen/The_New_Yorker_NP/NYer_NP.htm