Urs Amann

Urs Amann (25 May 1951 – 7 May 2019)^[1][2] was 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 by his brother, Jürg Amann.^[3] Urs Amann liked 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 attended the Form+Farbe Art School in Zurich. In 1974, he began his career as a freelance artist, and since 1980, he has been a member of the Winterthur artists group.^[4]

Cover art

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

Klaus Schulze^[5]

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

Adelbert Von Deyen

• Atmosphere (1980)

Wolfgang Bock

• Cycles (1980)