Eva Aeppli (2 May 1925 – 4 May 2015) was a

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artist.

Personal life

Born on 2 May 1925 in Zofingen, Switzerland, Aeppli spent her childhood in

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where she attended the School of Decorative Arts. Her father was a Waldorf educator and child development author, Willi Aeppli, who worked with

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. She moved to France in 1952 with her second husband, the sculptor

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. Subsequently she began her artistic career as a painter in Paris. From 1954 to 1960 Aeppli and Tinguely shared a living and working space, at the Impasse Ronsin, opposite

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's which had been there since 1916. They belonged to the Parisian avantgarde with other artists

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, Yves Klein and Niki de Saint-Phalle. Eva Aeppli became interested in sculpting figurines in textile and in bronze. In 1975, she discovered

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thanks to Jacques Berthon and the painter Eric Leraille. Fifteen years later, she decided to combat poverty, oppression and ignorance by creating the Myrrahkir Foundation. Aeppli lived until the age of 90. Aeppli died on 4 May 2015 in Honfleur, France. Aeppli's first child, with architect Hans Leu, was Felix Leu (1945). Her grandchildren are therapist Jane Leu Rekas, tattooist Filip Leu, former model Ama Leu, artist Aia Leu and musician Ajja Leu. Aeppli's daughter with

is painter Miriam Tinguely.Eichenberger, Isabelle (6 February 2012
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