HANS FALK, SWISS VISUAL ARTIST, KNOWN FOR HIS EXCELLENT WORK DEDICATED TO POSTER AND GRAPHIC DESIGN HANS FALK Courtesy prints-posters.com BIOGRAPHY Source: artifiche.com Hans Falk was born in Zurich in 1918. He studied at the Lucerne School of Applied Arts and then completed an apprenticeship as a graphic designer. In 1942 he designed his first poster, entitled “Ferien” (holidays). From 1942 to 1943, he studied under Max Guber at the Zurich School of Design, where he was to teach animal drawing from 1950 to 1955. In the 1950s, he went on long voyages to the Near East, Spain and the South of France. He lived in Cornwall with his family from 1958 to 1960 and then on the volcanic island of Stromboli in Italy until 1968. Falk was close friends with the mime Marcel Marceau. He created over 50 posters for charities, theatres, cabarets and exhibitions. In 1963, he won the competition to design the seven-part poster series for the Swiss National Exposition in 1964. After living in Stromboli, he lived and painted in London and then from 1973 in New York. From 1977 to 1980, he followed the Swiss circus Knie on its tour for each three-month season, an experience that influenced his drawings and posters. In 1987 he returned to Stromboli, where he lived and worked intensively, only leaving his home for a few months at a time for exhibitions all over Europe. He died in Zurich in 2002. Print Top