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{{Short description|Swiss artist (1937–2020)}}
{{Expand German|topic=culture|date=March 2009|Walter Wegmüller}}

'''Walter Wegmüller''' (25 February 1937 – 26 March 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Traueranzeigen von Walter Wegmüller |url=https://tagesanzeiger.sich-erinnern.ch/traueranzeige/walter-wegmueller |website=tagesanzeiger.sich-erinnern.ch |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=de-DE}}</ref> was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Painting|painter]]<ref name="Giger1993">{{cite book|last=Giger|first=H. R.|title=HR Giger ARh+|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnSsLELm6z8C|accessdate=13 June 2011|date=1993-05-20|publisher=Taschen|isbn=978-3-8228-9642-6|page=70}}</ref> and recording artist.<ref name="Drury1985">{{cite book|last=Drury|first=Nevill|title=Music for inner space: techniques for meditation & visualisation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufVqiONi8BsC|accessdate=13 June 2011|date=December 1985|publisher=Prism Press|isbn=978-0-907061-74-8|page=60}}</ref> As a recording artist, he was best known for the [[Krautrock]] album ''Tarot'', which was released on the [[Cosmic Couriers]] label in 1973.<ref>{{discogs artist}}</ref>

==Biography==
Wegmüller was born in [[Bern]], the son of [[Romani people|Romani travellers]], and grew up in homes and farms with [[foster parent]]s. He traveled around Europe and India, making paintings and jewelry. He settled in [[Basel]] in 1957 and became an expert on the [[tarot]].<ref name=giger>[http://www.gigeregg.ch/index.php?rubrik=walterwegmueller "Walter Wegmüller", ''Gigeregg.ch'']. Retrieved 4 April 2020</ref>

Working as a visual artist, Wegmüller designed a set of 22 [[tarot]] cards. His friend [[Timothy Leary]] introduced him to [[Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser]] of [[Ohr Records]] in Germany, and it was agreed that Wegmüller record an album on the theme of tarot, with musicians [[Klaus Schulze]], two members of [[Ash Ra Tempel]], [[Manuel Göttsching]] and [[Hartmut Enke]], and other musicians collectively known as [[The Cosmic Jokers]]. The album was recorded in 1972 and released in 1973, with an elaborate package that included a set of Wegmüller's cards. Wegmüller recites stories about each of the tarot cards on the album, which also contains lengthy instrumental passages.<ref name=allmusic>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/walter-wegm%C3%BCller-mn0000367189 Rolf Semprebon, Biography, ''Allmusic.com'']. Retrieved 3 April 2020</ref>

After returning to Switzerland, Wegmüller continued working as a visual artist. Two tarot series: ''Das Zigeuner-Tarot'' ("The Gypsy Tarot'") and ''Das Neuzeit-Tarot'' ("The Modern Tarot"), published in the 1970s and 1980s, became popular.<ref name=giger/><ref name=allmusic/> In 1990, he took part in the ''Symposium für Alchemie'' in [[St Gallen]].<ref name=giger/>

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