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Urs Amann

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Covert art for Schulze's Timewind

Urs Amann is a surrealist Swiss painter. He is mostly known as the author of Klaus Schulze records' cover art, in a style that reminds of some works from Salvador Dali. He also illustrated the covers of many books, including some of his brother[1] Jürg Amann, who is a Swiss writer. Urs Amann likes to qualify his work as « meta-realistic painting ».

Biography

Urs Amman was born 1951 in Winterthur. During 1971, in Berlin, he produces his first oil paintings. In 1972, he follows the cursus of Form+Farbe school in Zurich. Since 1974, he is an independant artist and since 1980, he is a member of the Winterthur artists group[2].

Cover art

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

Klaus Schulze[3]
Adelbert Von Deyen

References

  1. ^ Jürg Amann, Urs Amann: Übermalungen. Überspitzungen
  2. ^ Biography on the Urs Amman's web site
  3. ^ Klaus Schulze's official web site

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