Erna Schillig
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Erna Schillig (1900–1993) was a Swiss artist. As well as being is considered a pioneer of modern Central Swiss textile art,[1] she is known for her murals in plaster technique, sgraffito, and mosaic.[2]
Biography
Schillig was born in Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland on 27 September 1900.[2]
In the mid-1920s she belonged to the "Urner Kreis", which formed around the German Expressionist artist de:August Babberger.[2][1]
From 1927 to 1930 she attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe studying decorative painting and wall painting.[2]
In 1932, she and August Babberger painted the Höfli Chapel in Altdorf, Switzerland.[1]
One of her Trachtenteppich (traditional carpet) was exhibited at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris.[1]
From 1937 to 1941, she obtained further training with Ernst Morgenthaler in Zurich, Switzerland, and in 1942 she studied with de:Albert Schnyder in Delémont, Switzerland.[1]
From 1946 to 1967, Schillig was head of the textile department at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) in Lucerne.[3]
Schillig died on 1 May 1993 in Altdorf.[2]
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