Anton Trieb

Anton Trieb (born December 15, 1883 in Straubing , † October 14, 1954 in Wallisellen ) was a watercolor painter , draftsman , illustrator and graphic artist .

Life

Anton Trieb was born in Straubing on the Danube in Lower Bavaria. His father was a shoemaker and he was the second oldest of eight sons. He was already noticed at school for his talent for drawing, but he graduated from school in Zurich after his family emigrated to Switzerland in 1896, first to Veltheim in the canton of Aargau and then to Wallisellen near Zurich.

After attending the trade school, he earned his living as a farmhand, chimney sweep assistant, shoemaker, confectioner and bricklayer in order to help the family survive.

At the age of 21 he managed to start an apprenticeship at Orell Füssli AG as a graphic draftsman. Even during his apprenticeship, he assumed great responsibility for the company. After ten years of professional experience, he decided in 1914 to become a freelance artist. In the same year, however, he had to go to the town of Neuburg for 16 months as a trooper to do military service. The pictures created during this time were taken to the Bavarian Army Museum . Anton Trieb returned to Switzerland in 1916 and opened a painting and graphic design studio in Wallisellen. He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1922 and became a Walliseller.

Works

In Trieb's works, his close connection with nature comes to the fore, native wild animals were among the artist's favorite motifs. He became known for the illustration of the three Silva-Verlag picture books "Animals from all over the world", which he enriched with 180 scientifically precisely represented animal watercolors.

Anton Trieb also designed posters, made industrial graphics, depicted historical scenes and created black and white woodcut-like drawings that appeared in various calendars.

literature

• Drive Anton; Festschrift for his 70th birthday; Zurich 1954

Web links

• Drive, Anton. In: Sikart
• Anton Trieb's career as an artist , on kunstbreite.ch