Hans Erni Le Peintre Et Son Modele (The Painter And His Model) Circa 1960 Reproduction Print

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Artist: Hans Erni (Swiss, 1909-2015)
Title: "Le Peintre et son Modele" (The Painter and His Model)
Year: Circa 1960
Medium: … Read more Artist: Hans Erni (Swiss, 1909-2015)
Title: "Le Peintre et son Modele" (The Painter and His Model)
Year: Circa 1960
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 83/200 in pencil
Paper: BFK Rives
Image size: 16.5 x 22.5 inches
Sheet size: 19.75 x 25.75 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent, has never been framed

About the artist:

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, and admired artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
He is known for having illustrated postage stamps, his lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, his participation on the Olympic Committee as well as his activism. 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 Lucerne, contains a large collection of artwork, he also designed ceramics and theatre costumes and sets. He did the art for Swiss bank notes, in the 1940s but, after the notes were already printed they were never published, because a member of the State Council of Lucerne criticized that Erni was deemed as a 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 posters and several murals — including for the 1980 Salon international de l'automobile, Red Cross, IOC, United Nations and ICAO.
He illustrated about 200 books and created 90 postage stamps and 25 medals.
His work is held in several other museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, the American Sport Art Museum and Archives, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Rose Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art,] the Brooklyn Museum, the Auckland Art Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, the Hammer Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. See less