André Thomkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

André Thomkins

Swiss artist (1930-1985)

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1930

Place of Birth: Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1985

Profession: poet, painter, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

André Thomkins (1930 - 8 November 1985) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, and poet.
From 1952, he lived in Germany and taught at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1971 and 1973.Thomkins painted and drew ironic and fantastic pictures influenced by surrealism and dadaism.
Together with Dieter Roth and Daniel Spoerri he prepared works of Eat Art.
He also was a writer of palindromes.
He died in 1985.