Background
Erni, Hans was born on February 21, 1909 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Hans Erni
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Educated Academie Julien, Paris, and Vereinigte Staatsschulen fur freie und angewandte Kunst, Berlin. Exhibited in Lucerne, Paris, Basel, Switzerland, Oxford, England, Liverpool, England, London, Cambridge, England, Leicester, England, Zurich, Switzerland, Milan, Italy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Stockholm, Chicago, New York City, Rome, Copenhagen, Tokyo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, Mannheim, Germany, Cologne, Germany, Japan and Australia, 1963, 64, Chicago, New York City and Geneva, 1966-1968. Works include: abstract mural Swiss section Triennale Milan.
Frescoes, Lucerne, great mural for Swiss National exhibition, Zurich, 1939.
Mural for Great Murals Exposition internationale de l"Urbanisme et de l"Habitation, Paris, 1947. Mural in Bernese hospital Montana.
Murals for International Exhibition, Brussels, 1958. Mosaics for Abbey Saint Maurice, 1961, for Swiss television and Radio Building, Berne, 1964, in RolexFound., Union de Banques Suisses, Sion, 1966, for Swissair Zurich and Louisiana Placette Geneva, 1957.
Illustrator bibliophile edits of classics by Plato, Pindar, Sophocles, Virgil, Buffon, Renard, Valery, Paul Eluard, others
Illustrator. Odyssey. Louisiana Paix; Candide. Engraved glasspanels Day and Night, and Towards a Humanistic Future for Societe des Banques Suisses, Geneva, 1963.
Author: Wo Steht der Maler in der Genenwart?, 1947.
Ernie en Valais, 1967. Israel Sketchbook, 1968.
Career
Lucerne, Paris, Basel, Oxford, Liverpool, London, Cambridge, Leicester, Zurich, Milan, Rotterdam, Prague, Stockholm, Chicago, New" York, Rome, Copenhagen, Tokyo, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Washington, Mannheim, Cologne; abstract mural picture Swiss section Triennale Milan, frescoes Lucerne; great mural Switzerland for Swiss National Exhibition Zurich 1939; Great Murals Exposition intemationale de l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitation Paris 1947, Mural in Bernese hospital Montana; in Japan and Australia 1963, 1964, Pro Juventute stamps 1965; murals in Rolex Foundation, Union de Banques Suisses, Sion 1966, for Swissair Zurich, and Louisiana Placette Geneva 1967; exhibitions in Chicago, New York, Geneva 1966-1968.Illustrator bibliophile edits Illustrator; Odyssey.
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Membership
Groupe Abstraction-Creation, Paris. South.W.B.; Alliance Graphique Institute.
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Married Doris Kessler Erni, 1949. 3 children.
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Swiss