Hans Erni

By Peter Fischer and Heinz Stahlhut

On the one hand, the work of Lucerne artist Hans Erni, who died in 2015 at the age of 106, is rather -impressive, not least due to its enormous variety of materials: painting in small and -monumental format, drawing and printmaking, -ceramics and -relief, poster and book art. On the other hand, this wealth corresponds to his -stylistic range: from realistic and cubist-inspired beginnings during the 1930's, to purely abstract compositions, and the virtuoso synthesis of the two forms of -expression in the 1940's. Erni's -impressive con-tri-butions to surrealism, with their combination of -informal background and masterly figurative -re-presentation, lay the ground for his works of the subsequent decades. After previously being politically -reviled, he now -realizes numerous public works and has become internationally known as one of the most important represen-tatives of Swiss art in the 20th century. His ever-keen interest in social, political, and en-vironmental matters, and his commitment to peace, social justice, and nature conser-vation are all reflected in his visual and graphic work, as well as his -curiosity about -foreign cultures. This publication on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Hans Erni Museum provides an overview of the -diversified collection of the Hans Erni Foundation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3864422930
• ISBN13: 9783864422935
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Snoeck Publishing Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.9"