Walther Georg Ehrbar
Walther Georg Ehrbar (born January 13, 1884 in Herisau ; † August 9, 1960 there ) was a Swiss graphic artist and painter .
Life
Like his father Emil Ehrbar (1858–1941), Walther Ehrbar learned the trade of textile designer . After training in St. Gallen , he continued his education in Paris and New York from 1905 to 1910 . He then worked as a freelance textile designer in St. Gallen and Teufen until 1930 , where he lived from 1922. In 1924 he married Luise Katharina Stahl (1904–1948) from Munich .
Because of the crisis in the textile industry in eastern Switzerland , Ehrbar shifted his activities to the design of advertising posters after 1930 . In addition, he was also artistically active. Most of his paintings , drawings and linocuts show landscapes from his Appenzell homeland.
Web links
- Honorable, Walther Georg. In: Sikart (status: 2018), accessed on March 21, 2020.
- Estate of Walther Georg Ehrbar in the Appenzell Ausserrhoden Cantonal Library (KBAR)
- Posters by Walther Ehrbar in the collection of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Fuchs: "Holidays in Teufen, Appenzellerland": Advertising posters for the Appenzeller Mittelland region in the 1930s / 1940s. ( Memento from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: St. Galler Tagblatt . December 11, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honorable, Walther Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss graphic artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herisau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1960 |
| Place of death | Herisau |