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Hans Erni

 
Hans Erni

painter, illustrator, and printmaker
(Luzern, Switzerland, 1909 – 2015)

from UOLAN: Studied art in Paris and Berlin and was influenced by Picasso and Braque. His first success was a large public mural commissioned for the 1939 national exhibition in Zurich. As a graphic artist, he designed more than ninety stamps for Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the United Nations. He worked variously in painting, sculpture, lithography, engraving, etching, and ceramics. Comment on works: painter; illustrator; sculptor; graphic artist. Active Luzern

1 objects

Bacchus in the Vineyard (Bacchus aux vignes)

n.d.
lithograph printed in white on black paper on black wove paper
Gift of Charles Pendexter
2009.16.287