Rudolf Stussi

{{Short description|Canadian painter, animator and illustrator (born 1947)}}

{{For|the 15th-century Swiss burgomaster of Zürich|Rudolf Stüssi}}

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| name = Rudolf Stussi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|07|23}}

| birth_place = Switzerland

| nationality = {{hlist|Canadian|Switzerland}}

| residence =

| alma_mater = Carleton University
Ontario College of Art

| known_for = {{hlist|Painter|Illustrator}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.rudolfstussi.com/ Rudolf Stussi}}

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Rudolf Stussi {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} (born July 23, 1947) is a Swiss-born Canadian painter, animator and illustrator based in Toronto, Canada.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472265591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+04%2C+1990&author=Lisa+Partsa&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Joy%2C+pride+captured+in+Jane-Finch+mural&pqatl=google|title=Joy, pride captured in Jane-Finch mural|last=Partsa|first=Lisa|date=October 4, 1990|work=Toronto Star|page=N17|access-date=29 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107133547/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472265591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+04,+1990&author=Lisa+Partsa&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Joy,+pride+captured+in+Jane-Finch+mural&pqatl=google|archive-date=7 November 2012|url-status=dead}}

Biography

Stussi came to Canada in 1967 to attend Carleton University. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1978.

Stussi was president of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC) from 1988 to 1991. During his term, he established the CSPWC/SCPA Diploma Collection to document the evolution of water colour painting in Canada.{{cite web|title=The Diploma Collection|url=http://www.cspwc.com/nationalcollection.html|publisher=The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour|accessdate=6 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611003823/http://www.cspwc.com/nationalcollection.html|archivedate=11 June 2015}} In recognition of his contributions to the CSPWC, the Society awarded him The Julius Griffith Award in 2011.{{cite web|last=Marsh|first=Peter|title=A Night to Remember!|url=http://www.cspwc.com/news/CSPWC%20%20DEC%202010.pdf|work=Watercolour News|publisher=The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour|accessdate=6 October 2013|date=December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126224932/http://www.cspwc.com/news/CSPWC%20%20DEC%202010.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2011|url-status=live}}

Stussi was first hired as a background artist in 1987 by Nelvana where he worked on the award-winning series Little Bear and Rolie Polie Olie.{{cite web|last=Cuthbert|first=Pamela|title=Rudi Stussi's background artistry|date=3 July 1995|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1995/07/03/4444-19950703/|publisher=Brunico Communications|accessdate=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201431/http://playbackonline.ca/1995/07/03/4444-19950703/|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=live}} Since then he has worked on a variety of animation projects around the world including the feature film, Asterix in Amerika by {{Ill|Gerhard Hahn (director)|de|3=Gerhard Hahn (Regisseur)|lt=Gerhard Hahn}} and {{Ill|Jürgen Wohlrabe|de}}, 1994

He has illustrated several books, including:

Periwinkle Isn't Paris by Marylin Eisenstein, Tundra Books (Canada), 1999.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri, Desertina Switzerland, 2000
Feuerlili by Silvio Huonder, Desertina Switzerland, 2012 {{ISBN|978-3-85637-436-5}} {{cite web|title=Feuerlilli|url=http://www.silviohuonder.de/html/_feuerlilli_.html|accessdate=6 October 2013|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205956/http://www.silviohuonder.de/html/_feuerlilli_.html|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=live}}

He is represented by galleries in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Israel. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.{{cite web|title=Members since 1880|url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts|accessdate=11 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|archivedate=26 May 2011}}