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Willy Fries BIOGRAPHY
1907 Wattwil - 1980. Known for: Painting.
Willy Fries was born in the Swiss parish of Wattwil in 1907. He studied art and literary history at the University of Zurich. During stays in Paris and Berlin, he studied art history and philosophy.... Read full biography
Willy Fries was born in the Swiss parish of Wattwil in 1907. He studied art and literary history at the University of Zurich. During stays in Paris and Berlin, he studied art history and philosophy. Additionally, the artist learned the technical craft of painting. Fries created numerous works for... Read full biography
Willy Fries was born in the Swiss parish of Wattwil in 1907. He studied art and literary history at the University of Zurich. During stays in Paris and Berlin, he studied art history and philosophy. Additionally, the artist learned the technical craft of painting. Fries created numerous works for the public sphere in Switzerland and Germany. He showed his works in Switzerland and abroad. In 1970, he was awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Stiftung in Salzburg.... Read full biography
Willy Fries was born in the Swiss parish of Wattwil in 1907. He studied art and literary history at the University of Zurich. During stays in Paris and Berlin, he studied art history and philosophy. Additionally, the artist learned the technical craft of painting. Fries created numerous works for the public sphere in Switzerland and Germany. He showed his works in Switzerland and abroad. In 1970, he was awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Stiftung in Salzburg.
Willy Fries was born in the Swiss parish of Wattwil in 1907. He studied art and literary history at the University of Zurich. During stays in Paris and Berlin, he studied art history and philosophy. Additionally, the artist learned the technical craft of painting. Fries created numerous works for the public sphere in Switzerland and Germany. He showed his works in Switzerland and abroad. In 1970, he was awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Stiftung in Salzburg.
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Willy Fries was born in the Swiss parish of Wattwil in 1907. He studied art and literary history at the University of Zurich.
During stays in Paris and Berlin, he studied art history and philosophy. Additionally, the artist learned the technical craft of painting. Fries created numerous works for the public sphere in Switzerland and Germany. He showed his works in Switzerland and abroad.
In 1970, he was awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Stiftung in Salzburg.