Theo Eble

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Theo Eble or Théo Eblé (1 June 1899, Basel –2 May 1974, Basel) was a Swiss painter, graphic designer and drafter. ^[1][2]

Elbe was educated at the Gewerbeschule Basel ^[1], a Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, from 1915 –1920 ^[1] From 1922 –1925 Elbe studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he was a student of Karl Hofer.^[1][3] According to the Jean Tinguely, Eble also studied at Bauhaus.^[4]

In 1925 Eble married the Swiss painter Julia Ris,a fellow classmate at the Academy of Fine Arts, and moved with Ris to Basel.^[5][6][7][8] From 1931– 1967 Basel taught drawing and graphic design at Gewerbeschule Basel.^[9][10] Eble's students included Samuel Buri [de], Jean Tinguely, Beatrice Afflerbach and the graphic designer Rudi Meyer (1943-).^{[11][12][13][14]}

Eble was one of the founding members of Gruppe 33, an anti-fascist artist association in Basel. ^[9]

In 1935 Eble's and Ris' daughter Doris Eva Eble, was born in Basel.^[7] In 1949 Elbe married Helena "Helli" Eble, née Merkle.^[9][15]

1.^ The Gewerbeschule Basel is now the Schule für Gestaltung Basel (Basel School of Design) and the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel [de] (General Trade School Basel)

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