Hanni Bay - Artist Info

About Hanni Bay

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    The following biographical information has been provided by Katharina von Salis, a granddaughter of the artist.

    Hanni Bay was born near Bern, Switzerland. In 1901-1902 she worked in Antwerp, Belgium, from where she had to return to Switzerland after the sudden death of her father, the owner of a textile factory. From 1902 to 1904 she followed lectures at the arts and crafts school and then at the Academy Groeber in Munich, Germany. From 1906 -1909 she was a student of Cuno Amiet, a well known Swiss artist and friend of Ferdinand Hodler and the Giacometti family, at Oschwand. She also studied at the Academy Ranson in Paris with Felix Vallotton, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis.

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