Fritz Baumann

He then studied with Fritz Schider at the Gewerbeschule [de] (Arts and Crafts School) in Basel for one year.

After the birth of his son Fritzli in 1910, the family lived in Erlenhof (Thürnen) but spent the winters in Paris working at La Ruche, an artists' residence.

Back in Basel, after the war, he became a teacher; at the Gewerbeschule and the Frauenarbeitsschule, a similar organization for women.

Es gibt für uns nicht den nach Graden eingeteilten Unterschied von sogenannter freier, dekorativer oder kunstgewerblicher Kunst.

)In the mid 1920s, he began to suffer from recurring bouts of depression and developed doubts about his artistic abilities.