Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer, who always signed himself as Fis, was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1909. He studied at the �cole des Beaux-Arts Industriels in Geneva and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Z�rich and also attended courses taught by Ferdinand L�ger in Paris. He collaborated on the satirical weekly Nebelspalter . From 1937 on he worked in Z�rich as a commercial artist, a set designer for the legendary Cabaret Cornichon, and an illustrator. Until 1955 he also painted twenty-two murals for public...See more
Hans Fischer, who always signed himself as Fis, was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1909. He studied at the �cole des Beaux-Arts Industriels in Geneva and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Z�rich and also attended courses taught by Ferdinand L�ger in Paris. He collaborated on the satirical weekly Nebelspalter . From 1937 on he worked in Z�rich as a commercial artist, a set designer for the legendary Cabaret Cornichon, and an illustrator. Until 1955 he also painted twenty-two murals for public buildings. In addition to these activities, he worked on illustrated books, lithographs, and etchings. Out of these emerged a magical world of animals and goblins, mysterious, poetic, and funny. Fischer died in 1958. See less
