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Cuno Brullmann
Cuno is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Cuno Amiet (1868–1961), Swiss artist *Cuno Hoffmeister (1892–1968), German astronomer *Cuno of Praeneste (died 1122), German cardinal *Cuno Pümpin (born 1939), Swiss economist *Cuno Tarfusser (born 1954), Italian judge *Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch (1856–1908), German sculptor Surname: *James Cuno (born 1951), American art historian and curator *Kurt Cuno (1896–1961), German Wehrmacht general *Wilhelm Cuno (1876–1933), German businessman, politician and chancellor of Germany (1922–1923) See also *4183 Cuno, an asteroid *Kuno (other) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuno Amiet
Cuno Amiet (28 March 1868 – 6 July 1961) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, graphic artist and sculptor. As the first Swiss painter to give precedence to colour in composition, he was a pioneer of modern art in Switzerland. Biography Amiet was born in Solothurn, and was the son of the chancellor of the canton of Solothurn, Josef Ignaz Amiet (1827–1895). He attended the Kantonsschule Solothurn, where he graduated with the ''Matura'' in 1883. After studies with the painter Frank Buchser, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in 1886–88, where he befriended Giovanni Giacometti. In 1888–92, Giacometti and Amiet continued their studies in Paris, where Amiet studied at the Académie Julian under Adolphe-William Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Gabriel Ferrier. Dissatisfied with academic art, Amiet joined the Pont-Aven School in 1892, where he learned from Émile Bernard, Paul Sérusier, Roderic O'Conor and Armand Séguin. In Pont-Aven, he came to prefer the use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |