theo eble (1899 - 1974)
Teo Eble was a Swiss abstractionist painter and graphic designer.
Eble studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, then taught at the Basel School of Applied Arts from 1931 to 1967. In 1933 he co-founded the Swiss Group 33, an anti-fascist association of artists.
His work was influenced by the realist, objective painting of the 1920s. The subjects of Eblé's early works were landscape paintings and depictions of cities and their life.
In 1934, Eblé began abstract painting and became a prominent artist of the abstract movement in Switzerland and was also recognized internationally. He held exhibitions in France and the United States, in 1958 at the Venice Biennale and in 1959 at Documenta in Kassel. In the 1960s, Eblé created numerous murals in public buildings.
