Urs Amann

Urs Amann (25 May 1951 – 7 May 2019) was a Swiss surrealist painter. 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. Urs Amann liked to qualify his work as "meta-realistic painting".

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.

Cover art

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

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

Adelbert Von Deyen Atmosphere (1980)

Wolfgang Bock Cycles (1980)