Hans Finsler
Heilbronn (Germany), 07.12.1891 - Zurich (Switzerland), 03.04.1972
Born in Germany to a family of Swiss origin, after studying Architecture and Art History in Stuttgart and Munich, he became a professor at the School of Applied Arts in Halle. He participates in the main artistic avant-gardes of the period of the Weimar Republic, moving to Zurich in 1932, where he divides his time between teaching at the school of applied arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) and professional activity. The major post-war Swiss photographers were trained by him: Werner Bischof, René Burri, Peter W. Häberlin, Ernst Scheidegger, Emil Schulthess and Anita Niesz. In 2006, an important monographic exhibition at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich underlined his fundamental role in the construction of Swiss visual culture.
ARTWORKS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Hans Finsler
Neue Wege Der Photographie
Edition Leipzig, Leipzig, DE, 1991
Klaus E. Göltz, Theo Immisch, Peter Romanus, Axel Wendelberger
pages 304
first edition
hardcover with jacket
language German
ISBN 978-3361003101
Hans Finsler
Mein Weg zur Fotografie My Way to Photography
Pendo-Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland, 2001

pages 68
dimensions 20 × 11 cm, softcover
language German, English
Hans Finsler
Das Gefäss
Porzellanfabrik Arzberg, Stuttgart, Germany, 1966

pages 80
dimensions 24.5 × 16.5 cm, Copertina rigida
language German
Hans Finsler
Die schweizerische "Eternit"-Industrie / L'industrie suisse "Eternit"
Eternit AG., Niederurnen, DE, 1953

pages 52
dimensions 259.5 × 21 cm, softcover
language German
Hans Finsler
Hundert Jahre F. M. Hämmerle, Baumwollspinnereien und Buntwebereien in Dornbirn, Ein Vorarlberger Textilwerk von 1836 bis 1936
Verlag Von F. M. Hämmerle , Dornbirn, AU, 1936

pages 152
dimensions 25.5 × 22.5 cm, hardcover
language German