Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely Jean Tinguely portrait by Lothar Wolleh Born (1925-05-22)22 May 1925 Fribourg, Switzerland Died 30 August 1991(1991-08-30) (aged 66) Bern, Switzerland Nationality Swiss Known for Painting, Sculpture The Tinguely Fountain in front of the Tinguely Museum in Basel Tinguely's Heureka in Zürich-Seefeld (Zürichhorn) Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society.