Background
Tavel, Hans Christoph Von was born on September 16, 1935 in Munsingen, Berne, Switzerland. Son of Hans Rudolf Alexander and Nora (Steiger) Von Tavel.
museum administrator art historian
Tavel, Hans Christoph Von was born on September 16, 1935 in Munsingen, Berne, Switzerland. Son of Hans Rudolf Alexander and Nora (Steiger) Von Tavel.
Son of Hans Rudolf Alexander and Nora (Steiger) Von T.;m. Maria Christiane Cordelia Kammermann, December 2, 1965. Doctor.phil., U. Berne, Switzerland, 1962.
Editor Dictionary Swiss Artists 20th Century, Berne, 1961—1964. Curator Museum Fine Arts, 1964—1968, director, 1980—1995. Vice director Swiss Institute Art Research, Zurich, 1968—1980.
Director Swiss Institute Rome, since 1996.
Member of Association Internationale des Critiques D'art (president Swiss section 1977-1980).
Married Maria Christiane Cordelia Kammermann, December 2, 1965. Children: Iseut, Gamaliel, Leonie.