Wilfried Sätty

Wilfried Sätty (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlfʁiːt ˈzɛti]; born Wilfried Podriech; April 12, 1939 – January 31, 1982) was a German graphic artist best known for his black and white collage art.

Sätty
Born	Wilfried Podriech (1939-04-12)April 12, 1939 Bremen, Germany
Died	January 31, 1982(1982-01-31) (aged 42) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Style	collage

Biography

Born in Bremen, Germany, Sätty lived through multiple Allied bombings of Germany during World War II.[1] Sätty later moved to San Francisco in 1965 where he got a job at Bay Area Rapid Transit as a draftsman.[1] Later, Sätty began publishing his illustrations with East Totem West, a small poster and notecard company running out of the bay area. On January 31, 1982, Sätty died as a result of a fall from a ladder in his house.

He released two collage volumes, The Cosmic Bicycle (1971) and Time Zone (1973), as well as a number of other collections. His works have been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the National Museum, Warsaw.

References

1. Bisbort, Alan (1996). The White Rabbit and Other Delights: East Totem West, a Hippie Company, 1967-1969. Pomegranate. ISBN 9780764900112.