Urs Amann

 ( 20th-century Swiss Painters ) 

Urs Amann (25 May 1951 – 7 May 2019) was a Switzerland surrealist painting. He is mostly known as the painter of the cover art for several Klaus Schulze records, all in a style reminiscent of Salvador Dalí. He also illustrated the covers of many books, including some by his brother, Jürg Amann. Jürg Amann, Urs Amann: Übermalungen. Überspitzungen. Urs Amann liked to qualify his work as "meta-realistic painting".

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Biography Urs Amman was born 1951 in Winterthur. During 1971, in Berlin, he produced his first oil paintings. In 1972, he attended the Form+Farbe Art School in Zurich. In 1974, he began his career as a freelance artist, and since 1980, he has been a member of the Winterthur artists group. Biography on the Urs Amman's web site

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Cover art Note: some records ( Irrlicht, Cyborg, and Picture Music) have been published several times under various covers from other artists.

• Irrlicht (1972)
• Cyborg (1973)
• Blackdance (1974)
• Picture Music (1975)
• Timewind (1975)

Adelbert Von Deyen

• Atmosphere (1980)

Wolfgang Bock

• Cycles (1980)

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External links

• Website of Urs Amann

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