Hermann rudisuhli biography of williams

Hermann Traugott Rüdisühli (10 June 1864, Lenzburg – 27 January 1944, Munich) was a Swiss painter, a member of the Rüdisühli family of artists. He created more than 1,000 paintings, primarily landscapes, portraits and allegories.

Like his father and brothers, Rüdisühli was greatly influenced by Arnold Böcklin. In his later years he was impoverished. He committed suicide after his flat and studio were destroyed in an air raid during the Second World War.