Draft:Rudolf Altrichter

Rudolf Altrichter (1916-1978) Painter, graphic designer, and typographer. He was born to a Swiss family in 1916. He studied business in Trenčín (until 1938). During and after the war he was one of the original Bata salesmen for BATA Batex in Svit where he also met his wife Maria and had their first child Katarina (An accomplished Graphic Artist in Canada). He studied economics post-war in Bratislava where they had a second child Pavol "Dusan" (Who became an accomplished art restorer).

Rudolf Altrichter learned graphics and painting as an auto-didact (1940-1945), and in 1946 was one of the co-founders who re-established the Slovak Art Society (1946). He also founded the association of Slovak Graphic artists along with Orest Dubay and Ernest Zmeták a year later (1947). Since 1950 he worked as a freelance artist.

In the 1960s his work was influenced by pop art among other things. In 1955–1972 he created several film poster designs, 32 of which were printed.

His work, paintings, posters, and prints have been exhibited (group since 1947, solo since 1969) in Bratislava, Grenada, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Vienna. He has been most recognized for his anti-war posters, Neva collection, and movie posters mainly his My máme pravdu poster "We Were Right" anti-war poster which is archived at the Zurich Modern Art Museum.

His work is characterized by the use of structured form, optical games, experiments with lettering, and psychedelic shapes.

Rudolf Altrichter Died in 1978 in Bratislava of lung cancer.

His children both became accomplished artists and graphic designers and is survived by a grandson David.