Franz Karl Basler-Kopp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Karl Basler-Kopp

Swiss artist

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1879

Place of Birth: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1937

Profession: illustrator, painter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Franz Karl Basler-Kopp (1879–1937) was a German painter, who lived in Switzerland.
In addition to works with historic and biblical scenes, symbolic portrayals of the phases of life, he created, most famously, illustrations of legends and fairy tales.
He was educated at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
He became known as a "fairy tale painter" ("Märchenmaler") through his illustrations of Arnold Büchli's three volume work Schweizersagen (Swiss legends) (1926, 1928 and 1931) as well as through his illustration and cover design of several books, some of which were written for literary and musical education in schools, such as Osterhas, Sankt Nicolas, Weihnacht und Neujahr by Eduard Fischer (1926) and the book of fairy tales Am Märchenbrunnen by Helene Kopp.



Description	Swiss illustrator and painter
Date of birth/death	17 February 1879	1 April 1937
Location of birth/death	Basel	Lucerne
Work location	Lucerne
Authority control	: Q1447696 VIAF: 296435470 ISNI: 0000 0004 0147 0039 GND: 1031664114 SUDOC: 183394046 SIKART: 4023692