Franz Theodor Aerni - Buy or sell works
9 October 1853, Aarburg (Switzerland) - 20 August 1918, Rome (Italy)
The Swiss landscape painter Franz Theodor Aerni was active in Italy, first completing his training at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Modena before studying at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He went on study trips to Egypt and Cyprus, bringing back numerous studies from these destinations. After returning from his travels, he collaborated on the artistic decoration of the banqueting hall in the Palazzo Serlupi for the Association of German Artists in Rome, and took part in various Swiss art exhibitions. He returned to his home country of Switzerland at the start of the First World War.