Nationality Swiss Name Eva Aeppli Period Avant-garde Known for Painting, Sculpture | Movement Avant-garde Role Artist Patrons Pontus Hulten | |
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Born 2 May 1925 ( 1925-05-02 ) Zofingen, Switzerland Notable work in museums:
Moderna Museet
Musee National d'Art Moderne
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Omaha, Nebraska (USA) Collection Old Omaha Association
Museum of Modern Art Vienna MUMOK
Kunsthaus Zurich Died May 4, 2015, Honfleur, France Spouse Jean Tinguely (m. 1951–1960) People also search for Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint Phalle | ||
Igor Antic-Moderna Museet Stockholm 2004
Eva Aeppli (2 May 1925 – May 4, 2015) was a Swiss artist.
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Personal life
Born in Zofingen, Aeppli spent her childhood in Basel where she attended the School of Decorative Arts. Her father was Waldorf educator and child development author, Willi Aeppli, who worked with Rudolf Steiner.
She moved to France in 1952 with her second husband, the sculptor Jean Tinguely. 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 Constantin Brancusi's which had been there since 1916. They belonged to the Parisian avantgarde with other artists Daniel Spoerri, Yves Klein and Niki de Saint-Phalle. Eva Aeppli became interested in sculpting figurines in textile and in bronze.
In 1975, she discovered astrology 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 and died in Normandy, France.
Aeppli’s first child, with architect Hans Leu, was artist Felix Leu (1945). Her granddchildren are therapist Jane Leu Rekas, tattoo artist and artist Filip Leu, former model Ama Leu, artist Aia Leu and musician Ajja Leu. Aeppli's daughter with Jean Tinguely is painter Miriam Tinguley.
