Hans Falk (painter)

Hans Falk (1918–2002) was a Swiss painter, who lived in New York City, Ireland, England, Switzerland and Stromboli, Italy.

Hans Falk was born in Zurich in 1918 and went on to study at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich and the art schools in Lucerne.

Amongst his most important competition wins were a series of seven posters he designed for the 1964 Swiss National Exhibition.

He went on to travel extensively, living abroad for extended periods in England, New York and Ireland.

He died in 2002, after a fruitful career that produced a large body of paintings, posters and sought-after graphic designs, and made him one of the most important contemporary Swiss artists.