Lill Tschudi

Lill Tschudi studied at Grosvenor School of Modern Art. The recorded working language is English and German. The field of work recorded is painting and graphics. Work by Lill Tschudi is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art and Print Collection.

• Name — Lill Tschudi • Born — 2 September 1911 • Birthplace — Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland • Died — 19 September 2004 • Place of death — Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland • Occupation — Artist, printmaker, illustrator

Lill Tschudi was born at Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland. As a girl she saw an exhibit of linocut prints by Austrian artist Norbertine Bresslern Roth, and decided that she also wanted to be a printmaker. Tschudi studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, in London, from 1929 to 1930. From 1931 to 1933, she lived in Paris and studied with André Lhote, Gino Severini, and Fernand Léger.

Tschudi returned to Switzerland in 1935, and lived mainly with her sister's family (her sister was also an artist). Tschudi would produce over 300 linocuts in her career, exhibiting in London with Claude Flight and other printmakers. Her typical subjects included athletes, such as skiers and cyclists, transportation scenes, workers and musicians. A wartime side project with her sister Ida involved printing illustrations for "Glarner Gemeindewappen," a booklet of the municipal coats-of-arms for the Canton of Glarus, in 1941 (this booklet is now considered rare and quite valuable). Her 1933 print "Ice Hockey" was used for the cover illustration of Margaret Timmers, Impressions of the 20th Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A Collection (Victoria & Albert Museum Publications 2001).

Tschudi died in Switzerland in 2004, age 93.