Theo Eble
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Theo Eble | |
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Born | 1 June 1899 Basel, Switzerland |
Died | May 2, 1974 Basel, Switzerland | (aged 74)
Other names | Théo Eblé |
Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts |
Movement | |
Spouses | Julia Ris
(m. 1925, divorced)Helena Merkle (m. 1949) |
Children | 1 |
Theo Eble or Théo Eblé (1 June 1899, Basel –2 May 1974, Basel) was a Swiss painter, graphic designer and drafter. [1][2]
Elbe was educated at the Gewerbeschule Basel [1], 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
[edit]In 1935 Eble's and Ris' daughter Doris Eva Eble, was born in Basel.[7] In 1949 Elbe married Helena "Helli" Eble, née Merkle.[9][15]
Notes
[edit]- 1.^ The Gewerbeschule Basel is now the Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Basel School of Design) and the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel (General Trade School Basel)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Schuppli, Madeleine (2016). "Theo Eble". SIKART Lexicon (in German). Zurich: Swiss Institute for Art Research. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Union List of Artist Names (2011). "Eble, Theo (Swiss painter, graphic artist, and draftsman, 1899-1974)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Laclotte, Michel; Cuzin, Jean-Pierre (eds.). "Theo Eble". Dictionnaire de la peinture (in French). Paris: Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Daniels, Dieter; Tinguely, Jean (2002). "Often Neglected – But One of the Greats: Interview with Jean Tinguely by Dieter Daniels, Cologne, 12 January 1987". In Museum Jean Tinguely Basel (ed.). Marcel Duchamp (1st ed.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag. pp. 155–167.
- ^ Union List of Artist Names (2011). "Ris, Julia (Swiss painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, born 1904)". Getty Research. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust.
- ^ SIKART Lexicon. "Julia Ris". SIKART Lexicon (in German). Zurich: Swiss Institute for Art Research. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ a b Kunstsammlung Sissach (2022). "Julia Ris: November". Kunstsammlung Sissach (in German). Sissach: Gemeindeverwaltung Sissach; Kulturkommission. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ Zehmisch, Brigitte (1974). "Julia Ris". Schweizer Kunst (in German). 1974 (7). Zurich: Visarte Schweiz: 11.
- ^ a b c Bhattacharya, Tapan (2004). "Theo Eble". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Meyer, Rudi; Bischler, Sandra (2021). "Training; Rudi Meyer: Conversation with Sandra Bischler, Mar. 7, 2018.". In Barbieri, Chiara; Berthod, Jonas; Delamadeleine, Constance; Fornari, Davide; Owens, Sarah (eds.). Swiss Graphic Design Histories Volume 2: Multiple Voices (in English and German). Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess. pp. 143–145. ISBN 978-3-03942-020-9.
- ^ Katz, Katharina (2011). "Samuel Buri". SIKART Lexicon (in German). Zurich: Swiss Institute for Art Research. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Bezzola, Tobia (2010). "Jean Tinguely". SIKART Lexicon (in German). Zurich: Swiss Institute for Art Research. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Schifferle, Judith (2022). "Bea Afflerbach: Die erste diplomierte Grafikerin der Schweiz kam aus Basel". bz Basel (in German). Basel: Luedin. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Barbieri, Chiara; Berthod, Jonas; Delamadeleine, Constance; Fornari, Davide; Owens, Sarah, eds. (2021). "Biographies". Swiss Graphic Design Histories Volume 2: Multiple Voices. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess. p. 179. ISBN 978-3-03942-020-9.
- ^ Beyerle, Rahel. "Theo Eble, Portrait Julia, 1933". Aargauer Kunsthaus (in German). Aarau: Aargauer Kunsthaus. Retrieved 5 April 2025.