The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
Catalogue
- Year
- 1956
- Medium
- red ballpoint pen
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Hans Erni
Artist

Painting
Hans Erni was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and muralist whose work bridged modernism and social realism across seven decades of practice. Active from the 1930s through the early 2000s, he developed a distinctive visual language combining figuration with constructivist compositional strategies, often addressing themes of labor, peace, and human dignity. His large-scale public murals and paintings were exhibited internationally and remain integral to Swiss postwar cultural institutions.
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Record
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- Hans Erni
- Year
- 1956
- Medium
- red ballpoint pen
- Watts ID
- WW-1956-012521
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





