Andreas His
Born in 1928.
Died in 2011.
Andreas His (1928–2011) was an artist whose work spanned several graphic and pictorial fields: poster design, book layout, illustration, drawing, as well as the creation of murals and paintings on glass. These areas of production are explicitly mentioned in the notice consulted, which is based on a structured record imported from SIKART.
According to SIKART, from 1955 he worked as a teacher at the General Vocational School of Basel. The same notice summarises his career as combining a commitment to teaching with artistic practice.
Andreas His is one of the four painters featured in the collective volume URBANITÉS. Quatre regards de peintres sur la ville (1960-2010), alongside Armand Niquille, Dominique Appia and Émilienne Farny. The volume’s title indicates the thematic period 1960–2010 covered by the collection.
The SIKART notice consulted bears the identifier 4000751. The structured record explicitly mentions the import of data from SIKART; this information is noted here to facilitate verification of the primary sources.
