Werner GILGIEN (* 1900, † 1990)

1900
born in Aarwangen, Switzerland

from 1920
teacher, painter, organist and choir conductor in Bannwil (Canton of Bern)

from 1924
learns painting from Cuno Amiet

1926
spend a year in Paris, where he studies at the Académie Grande Chaumière and the Académie André Lhote

1927
exhibition in Langenthal

1930
Werner Gilgien marries Margrit Hofer, with whom he has four children

1938
W. Gilgien takes part in the ‘Esposizione Svizzera d’arte sacra’

1954 and 1956
stays in Paris

1965
retirement

1990
died in Langenthal, Switzerland