Wilhelm Gimmi
Born in 1886.
Died in 1965.
Wilhelm Gimmi (7 August 1886–29 August 1965) is documented as a painter, draughtsman and lithographer. Born in Zurich and deceased in Chexbres, he is mentioned as the husband of Cécile Gimmi.
Initially trained in Switzerland, he graduated in 1906 from the teacher-training college in Küssnacht before enrolling at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich with the aim of teaching drawing. He continued his training in Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian from 1908 to 1910.
Based in Paris from 1911 to 1940, he joined the Moderne Bund movement, founded in Weggis, as early as 1911, alongside figures such as Jean Arp, Walter Helbig and Oscar Lüthy. Active in Parisian artistic circles, he was a member of the Salon d’Automne from 1920 and appears, among other places, on the list of exhibitors at the Galerie Marcel Bernheim in Paris in 1923; his practice encompassed painting, drawing and lithography. A recent presentation bearing his name was noted at L’Atelier De Grandi (19 April–1 July 2018).
His career is recorded in reference works on Swiss and international art, notably SIKART, the Bénézit Dictionary (Oxford Art Online, 2011), and the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
