Theo Eble
Swiss painter
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Theo Eble or Théo Eblé (1 June 1899 –2 May 1974) was a Swiss painter, graphic designer and drafter.[1][2]
Theo Eble | |
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| Born | 1 June 1899 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | May 2, 1974 (aged 74) Basel, Switzerland |
| Other names | Théo Eblé |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts |
| Movement | |
| Spouses | Julia Ris
(m. 1925, divorced)Helena Merkle (m. 1949) |
| Children | 1 |
Elbe was educated at the Gewerbeschule Basel , a Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, from 1915 –1920 [1] From 1922 –1925 Elbe studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he was a student of Karl Hofer.[1][3] According to the Jean Tinguely, Eble also studied at Bauhaus.[4]
In 1925 Eble married the Swiss painter Julia Ris,a fellow classmate at the Academy of Fine Arts, and moved with Ris to Basel.[5][6][7][8] From 1931– 1967 Basel taught drawing and graphic design at Gewerbeschule Basel.[9][10] Eble's students included Samuel Buri, Jean Tinguely, Beatrice Afflerbach and the graphic designer Rudi Meyer (1943-).[11][12][13][14]
Eble was one of the founding members of Gruppe 33, an anti-fascist artist association in Basel. [9]
Personal life
Notes
- 1.^ The Gewerbeschule Basel is now the Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Basel School of Design) and the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel (General Trade School Basel)
