Ernst Morgenthaler

Ernst Morgenthaler (11 December 1887 – 7 September 1962) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist associated with figurative Swiss painting. After training with Cuno Amiet, he developed a career centred on landscapes, portraits and scenes from everyday life. He also worked in murals and lithography, and served as president of the Swiss Federal Art Commission from 1951 to 1953.

Biography Ernst Morgenthaler was born in Kleindietwil, Switzerland, on 11 December 1887.

Morgenthaler took drawing courses in Zürich and Berlin before studying with Cuno Amiet at Oschwand in 1914. There, he developed his technique in oil painting and met Sasha von Sinner, whom he married in 1916. Their children included Fritz Morgenthaler. The following year, he attended Heinrich Knirr's painting school in Munich, where he met Paul Klee.

His paintings often drew on his immediate surroundings and everyday life.

Legacy After Morgenthaler’s death in 1962, works from his estate entered the collection of Kunstmuseum Thun.