Erna Schillig

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Erna Schillig
Erna Schillig c. 1945
Born	(1900-09-27)27 September 1900 Altdorf, Switzerland
Died	1 May 1993(1993-05-01) (aged 92) Altdorf, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Education	Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
Known for	Painting, Textile arts
Partner(s)	August Babberger[1][2]

Erna Schillig (1900–1993) was a Swiss artist. As well as being is considered a pioneer of modern Central Swiss textile art,^[2] she is known for her murals in plaster technique, sgraffito, and mosaic.^[1]

Biography[]

Schillig was born in Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland on 27 September 1900.^[1]

In the mid-1920s she belonged to the "Urner Kreis", which formed around the German Expressionist artist de:August Babberger.^[1][2]

From 1927 to 1930 she attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe studying decorative painting and wall painting.^[1]

In 1932, she and August Babberger painted the Höfli Chapel in Altdorf, Switzerland.^[2]

One of her Trachtenteppich (traditional carpet) was exhibited at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[1]

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