Hans Falk (painter)
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Hans Falk (1918–2002) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist. Born in Zurich, he studied in Lucerne and Zurich and later worked as a poster designer and freelance artist. He designed posters for Expo 64 and lived for periods in Stromboli, London, and New York.
Hans Falk was born in Zurich in 1918. In 1935 he attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Lucerne, where he studied under Joseph and Max von Moos.[1] From 1935 to 1939 he trained as a graphic designer with Albert Rüegg in Zurich, while also attending the Kunstgewerbeschule there. In 1940 he formed a friendship and shared a studio with the photographer Werner Bischof.[2] From 1942 to 1943 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under Max Gubler and Walter Roshardt.[1]
