in memoriam
Annamaria di Cara Santos dies 30 April 2024
Raúl Darío Suárez dies 5 June 2021, aged 53
Raúl Darío Suárez (1968-2021) was an Architect and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
Andrey Vladimirovich Efimov dies 28 February 2021, aged 82
Prof. Dr. Andrey Vladimirovich Efimov (1939–2021) We are profoundly saddened by the loss of the internationally renowned Russian colour designer and Honorary Member of the Study Group on Environmental Colour Design of the International Colour Association (AIC) in recognition of his seminal work as urban planer, colour designer, artist, and educator. In early December 2020 he participated in the Second Russian Color Conference in Smolensk, Russia.
Ulf Klarén dies 17 January 2021, aged 76
Ulf Klarén (1944–2021) was a researcher and lecturer on perception, colour and light. Until his retirement in 2011 he served as a senior lecturer and head of The Perception Studio at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, Sweden.
Lucia Ronchi Rositani dies 15 May 2020, aged 92
We are very sad to inform you the passing of Lucia Ronchi Rositani. She was AIC Vice President (1990–1993) and following this she served the AIC as its first female president (1994–1997).
Antal Nemcsics dies 12 July 2019, aged 92
Antal Nemcsics, in front of one of his paintings, Budapest, 2012. Photo Verena M. Schindler
We will always remember his scientific work, his paintings, his contribution to the AIC. Antal Nemcsics was the founder of the AIC Study Group on Environmental Colour Design.
Michel Cler, dies 27 July 2017, aged 79
Michel Cler on a visit to the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, March 14, 2017. Photo: Verena M. Schindler
With deep grief and profound sadness, I announce the passing of Michel Cler with whom I have collaborated for so many years, sharing colour in all its multiple facets ranging from the utmost ethereal philosophical issues to ultimately concrete practical matters. (Verena M. Schindler)
Silvia Rizzo, dies 9 July 2012
Silvia Rizzo at AIC 2011 Midterm Meeting in Zurich with her poster on “Teaching ideas and aspects for a new spacial research on the interaction between light, space, and color”. The funeral service will be held Friday 20, 2012 at 11:45 a.m. at the Church of La Consolazione, Via XX Settembre, Genoa.
John Gage, Art Historian, dies February 10, 2012
We had the extraordinary opportunity and pleasure to meet John Gage at AIC 2009 in Sydney and listen to his invited lecture on "Evolution of Colour: even the bad times are good" and words cannot express the deep sorrow that I feel in learning of the passing of John Gage, a great art historian whose writings were essential for understanding colour and its many cultural and artistic expressions. I present my condolences to his family and his friends. Verena M. Schindler, Chair, Study Group on Environmental Colour Design
Arq. Emilia Rabuini, dies May 15, 2010
The international colour community is tainted with sadness at the news that the architect, painter and colour designer, Emilia Rabuibi, principal of Centro Pampa, died on May 15th.
Anders Hård, renowned colour researcher, dies aged 86
Photo Joakim Roos Scanpix (Detail)
Anders Hård (1922-2009)
The Chair of the ECD Study Group is sad to announce that the Swedish colour researcher Anders Hård, who served as the first chairman of the AIC Study Group on Environmental Colour Design from 1982 to 1988, died on March 6th, 2009, aged 86. He was a remarkable person and pivotal figure. (Verena M. Schindler)