Barbara Stauffacher Solomon

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (born 1928) is a landscape architect and graphic designer well known for the large scale interior Supergraphics and exterior signage at Sea Ranch in Sonoma County, California.[1] She studied and worked as a dancer before her marriage to Frank Stauffacher, as well as painting and sculpture at San Francisco Art Institute.[2] She moved to Basel, Switzerland in 1956 after Stauffacher's death to study graphic design at the Basel Art Institute with Armin Hoffman.[3][4]

References

  1. Sandhaus, Louise (2014). Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California & Graphic Design, 1936-1986. New York: Metropolis Books. p. 368.
  2. Brook, Tony; Shaughnessy, Adrian (2010). Supergraphics: Transforming Space: Graphic Design for Walls, Buildings & Spaces. Unit 2. London: Unit Editions. p. 279.
  3. Brook, Tony; Shaughnessy, Adrian (2010). Supergraphics: Transforming Space: Graphic Design for Walls, Buildings & Spaces. Unit 2. London: Unit Editions. p. 279.
  4. Friedman, Mildred S. (1989). Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History. Minneapolis: Walker Arts Center. p. 254.

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