Urs Amann

Covert art for Schulze's Timewind

Urs Amann (born 1951) is a Swiss surrealist painter. He is mostly known as the painter of the cover art for several Klaus Schulze records, all in a style reminiscent of Salvador Dalí. He also illustrated the covers of many books, including some of his brother Jürg Amann,^[1] 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 produced his first oil paintings. In 1972, he followed the course of the Form+Farbe school in Zurich. Since 1974, he has been an independent artist, and since 1980, he has been 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]

• Irrlicht (1972)
• Cyborg (1973)
• Blackdance (1974)
• Picture Music (1975)
• Timewind (1975)

Adelbert Von Deyen

• Atmosphere (1980)

Wolfgang Bock

• Cycles (1980)

References

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

External links

• Website of Urs Amann