Hans Erni
Hans Erni was born in Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland on February 21st, 1909 and is the Painter. At the age of 106, Hans Erni biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver, and sculptor. He studied art at Académie Julian in Paris and later in Berlin, admiring artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. He is best known for his illustration of postage stamps, his lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, his service on the Olympic Committee, as well as his activism.
A mural titled Switzerland, his 1939 works and first major public display, was in Zürich: "Vacation Land of the People" was commissioned and displayed for the national exhibition. The Hans Erni Museum, which is located in Lucerne's grounds, houses a large collection of artwork. He also created ceramics and theatre costumes and sets.
In the 1940s, he made Swiss bank notes, but after the notes were already printed, they were never released because a State Council member of Lucerne chastised Erni as a communist.
However, Erni was never a member of any national party.
He was granted honorary citizenship of Lucerne in 2004.
He was given the SwissAward for lifetime achievement on January 10, 2009. About 300 posters and several murals have been produced throughout his career, including for the 1980 Salon international de l'automobile, Red Cross, IOC, United Nations, and ICAO. He illustrated about 200 books and produced 90 Postage stamps and 25 medals.
Career
The Lucerne Museum Fine Arts had contracted Erni to host an exhibit on Pablo Picasso. The Spanish artist was grateful for the opportunity to show his art in Switzerland. Erni began to experiment with abstract art in 1936. He served in the Swiss army from 1940 to 1945 and was employed as a camouflage painter because of his fascination with large-scale murals. He was a participant in the 1948 Summer Olympics' painting competitions. He appeared at exhibits in Latin America between 1950 and 1952. However, federal Councillor Philipp Etter did not authorize his participation in the Biennale of So Paulo. He painted African themes after a stay in Mauritania and Guinea. He curated an exhibition in Olten about graphic design and painting with Alfred Pauletto, Celestino Piatti, Hugo Wetli, and Kurt Wirth in 1960. He was in charge of the graphic design department at the 1964 Documenta exhibition in Kassel.
On September 15, 1979, the Swiss Museum of Transport opened a large personal collection of Erni's works. For the Museum, he created a 30 meter mural. Erni was very interested in sport, and was named sport artist of the year by the United States Sports Academy in 1989. His works were on display at the Pence Gallery in San Francisco in 1993.
In 2009, he celebrated his 100th birthday. Maria Strebi-Erni (January 14, 1907 – January 29, 2014) died at the age of 107. Erni died on March 21, 2015, at the age of 106. Gertrud Bohnert, his first wife, died in a horse-riding crash. Artist Simone Fornara Erni had one daughter and left one daughter. Doris, his second wife, had a son and two daughters.
His work is on display in many museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the American Sport Museum and Archives, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Minneapolis Museum of Art, the Ackland Art Museum, the Yale Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
