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Trudy Schlatter was born in Bern in 1912. Between 1929 and 1932 she attended the advertising-art class at the Gewerbeschule [vocational school] in Bern, and in 1933 she attended the Gewerbeschule in Basel for one year. She then went on various sojourns abroad, mainly working as a graphic designer. In 1940 Schlatter began to teach herself to paint. One year later, she held her first exhibition and went on to exhibit her work at home and abroad. In 1947, 1948 and 1949 she was awarded a Swiss Federal Art Scholarship, and in 1948 she was awarded the Portrait Prize of the City of Bern. She was increasingly involved with book illustrations between 1954 and 1957, and was secretary of the GSMBK for a year in 1954. In 1969 she moved to Montreux, where she died in 1980.
Trudy Schlatter was born in Bern in 1912. Between 1929 and 1932 she attended the advertising-art class at the Gewerbeschule [vocational school] in Bern, and in 1933 she attended the Gewerbeschule in Basel for one year. She then went on various sojourns abroad, mainly working as a graphic designer. In 1940 Schlatter began to teach herself to paint. One year later, she held her first exhibition and went on to exhibit her work at home and abroad. In 1947, 1948 and 1949 she was awarded a Swiss Federal Art Scholarship, and in 1948 she was awarded the Portrait Prize of the City of Bern. She was increasingly involved with book illustrations between 1954 and 1957, and was secretary of the GSMBK for a year in 1954. In 1969 she moved to Montreux, where she died in 1980.
