Ernst Kreidolf or Konrad Ernst Theophil Kreidolf (9 February 1863 – 12 August 1956) was a Swiss painter largely known for illustrating children's books about flower fairies.

Ernst Kreidolf
Portrait of a painter friend, 1912 (possibly of Ernst Kreidolf) by Fritz Voirol, a Swiss landscape painter
Born	Konrad Ernst Theophil Kreidolf (1863-02-09)9 February 1863 Berne, Switzerland
Died	12 August 1956(1956-08-12) (aged 93) Berne, Switzerland
Education	Lithographische Anstalt Schmidt-Pecht (1882) Kunstgewerbeschule (1883-1885) Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (1887 - discontinued)
Known for	Painting
Movement	Jugendstil

Early life and education

Konrad Ernst Theophil Kreidolf, the second eldest child of the Kreidolf family, was born on 9 February 1863 in Berne, Switzerland.[1]

The family relocated to Konstanz in Germany, where his father opened a toy shop. Ernst Kreidolf was raised by his grandparents in Tägerwilen, Switzerland. In Konstanz, he began an apprenticeship as a lithographer at the Lithographische Anstalt Schmidt-Pecht (Lithographic Institute JA Pecht) while simultaneously studying drawing. Following the completion of his apprenticeship, Kreidolf kept working for Schmidt-Pecht as an assistant in order to provide for his family following the bankruptcy of his parents' shop.[2]

In Munich, he attended the Kunstgewerbeschule. He supplemented his income by working as a lithographic draftsman. Beginning in 1885, he studied art at Paul Nauen's private art school. On his second application in 1887, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München accepted Kreidolf as a student. He studied under Gabriel von Hackl and Ludwig von Löfftz.[2]

Career

He was a leading figure in the Jugendstil movement. His work as picture books demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency as well as exact botanical and zoological knowledge. Almost all of his illustrations include animals and plants given human characteristics.[3]

Kreidolf's work often features dogs in significant or prominent roles. The Dachshund belonging to Kreidolf's friend and author Leopold Weber, whom he met in Partkirchen, served as inspiration for a large number of quite varied sketches, watercolors, paintings, and a whole illustrated book.[2]

Death

Kreidolf died on 12 August 1956 in Berne.[1] He is interred in Bern's Schosshalden cemetery.

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