Hans Erni

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Hans Erni
1967
Born(1909-02-21)February 21, 1909
Lucerne, Switzerland
DiedMarch 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 106)
Lucerne, Switzerland
Occupation(s)Painter and sculptor

Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor.

Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris and later in Berlin,[1] and admired artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.[2]

He is known for having illustrated

Olympic Committee as well as his activism.[3] His 1939 works and first major public success was a mural titled Switzerland: "Vacation Land of the People" was commissioned and displayed for the national exhibition in Zürich
.

The Hans Erni Museum, situated in the grounds of the Swiss Museum of Transport in

communist. However, Erni was never a member of any political party. In 2004, he was awarded the honorary citizenship of the city of Lucerne. On 10 January 2009 he received the SwissAward
for lifetime accomplishment.

In his career, he realized about 300

ICAO
.

He illustrated about 200 books and created 90 postage stamps and 25 medals.[4][5]

Hans Erni in April 2010
Duftrosengarten in Rapperswil

Career

Erni was commissioned by the Lucerne Museum Fine Arts to organize an exhibit about

Federal Councillor Philipp Etter. After a stay in Mauritania and Guinea he painted African topics. In 1960 he organized with Alfred Pauletto, Celestino Piatti, Hugo Wetli and Kurt Wirth an exhibition in Olten about graphic design and painting. He participated to the 1964 Documenta exhibition in Kassel, in the graphic design department.[8][9]

On 15 September 1979 the Swiss Museum of Transport opened a large personal collection of Erni's works. He realized a 30 meter long mural for the Museum. Erni was very interested in sport and received the United States Sports Academy award of sport artist of the year in 1989. In 1993 his works were exhibited at the Pence Gallery in San Francisco.

He celebrated his 100th birthday in 2009. His sister, Maria Strebi-Erni (January 14, 1907 – January 29, 2014), died at the age of 107.[10] Erni died on March 21, 2015, aged 106. His first wife,

Gertrud Bohnert, had died in a horse-riding accident. They had one daughter, artist Simone Fornara Erni. With his second wife, Doris, he had a son and two daughters.[11]

Apart from the Swiss Museum of Transport, his work is held in several other museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art,[12] the American Sport Art Museum and Archives,[13] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[14] the Rose Art Museum,[15] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[16] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[17] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[18] the Dallas Museum of Art,[19] the Brooklyn Museum,[20] the Ackland Art Museum,[21] the Harvard Art Museums,[22] the Hammer Museum,[23] and the Cleveland Museum of Art.[24]

Resources

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ (de) Sikart.ch
  2. ^ "artnet News Interviews 105-Year-Old Hans Erni". artnet News. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. ^ Hans Erni mit 106 Jahren gestorben
  4. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists
  5. ^ Grove Art Online
  6. ^ Hans Erni. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  7. ^ "Hans Erni". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Hans Erni | Swiss artist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  9. ^ "Hans Erni | artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  10. ^ "Maria Strebi-Erni, Luzern (1907 - 2014)". Traueranzeigen. January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  11. ^ "Swiss artist Hans Erni dies aged 106". The Guardian. 22 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Hans Erni. Ja. 1947 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  13. ^ "Hans Erni | ASAMA // The American Sport Art Museum & Archives". Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  14. ^ "Hans Erni | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  15. ^ "Digital Collection | The Rose Art Museum | Brandeis University - Leaves". rosecollection.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  16. ^ "Horses - Hans Erni". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  17. ^ "Le Dessinateur II, Hans Erni ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  18. ^ "Exchange: Orpheus". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  19. ^ "Sea Nymphs - DMA Collection Online". www.dma.org. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  20. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  21. ^ "Untitled (Two Women) – Works – eMuseum". ackland.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  22. ^ Harvard. "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Plato's Symposium". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  23. ^ "Hans Erni | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  24. ^ "Blue Lovers". 31 October 2018.

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