| Erna Schillig | |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Altdorf, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Altdorf, Switzerland |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Education: | Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe |
| Field: | Painting, Textile arts |
| Partner: | August Babberger |
Erna Schillig (1900–1993) was a Swiss artist. As well as being is considered a pioneer of modern Central Swiss textile art,[1] she is known for her murals in plaster technique, sgraffito, and mosaic.[2]
Schillig was born in Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland on 27 September 1900.[2]
In the mid-1920s she belonged to the "Urner Kreis", which formed around the German Expressionist artist .[2] [1]
From 1927 to 1930 she attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe studying decorative painting and wall painting.[2]
In 1932, she and August Babberger painted the Höfli Chapel in Altdorf, Switzerland.[1]
One of her Trachtenteppich (traditional carpet) was exhibited at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris.[1]
From 1937 to 1941, she obtained further training with Ernst Morgenthaler in Zurich, Switzerland, and in 1942 she studied with in Delémont, Switzerland.[1]
From 1946 to 1967, Schillig was head of the textile department at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) in Lucerne.[3]
Schillig died on 1 May 1993 in Altdorf.[2]