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Fritz Rudolf Hug

Fritz Rudolf Hug (1921 - 1989) was active/lived in Switzerland, Italy.  Fritz Hug is known for Animal, landscape, cityscapes, figure and interior painting.

Fritz Hug (born March 19, 1921 in Dornach, Germany, January 29, 1989 in Speichererschwendi) was a Swiss painter. He created lithographs, posters, mosaics and murals beside his main work, consisting of numerous oil paintings. Together with his wife, Margrit Hug, he also created three books on biblical themes, which were translated into several languages. Hug became known as a "painter of animals".

Fritz Hug was born on March 19, 1921 in Dornach as the second-oldest of five children. He spent his childhood in Java, where his father worked as an engineer for a railway company. Back in Switzerland, he spent the remaining years of youth in Thalwil. Earlier Hug was enthusiastic about the visual arts. In 1935/36 he attended Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich. He broke off an apprenticeship as a gravure retoucher at the Zürcher Fachschriften-Verlag in 16 years. After the recruiting school he began to devote himself seriously to painting in 1940.

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