GOTTFRIED HONEGGER was born in Zurich in 1917. He lived in New York from 1958 to 1960, and after 1960 worked as a painter and sculptor in Zurich and Paris. In recent years, he and his partner Sybil Albers-Barrier created the Espace de l'Art Concret in Mouans-Sartoux near Cannes. Honegger, along with Max Bill and Richard Paul Lohse, is one of the most important representatives of concrete art. He created many works for public spaces and also produced a significant body of printmaking work. In 1996, Gottfried Honegger was honoured with France's highest artistic award, the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.