Ernst Frick (1881–1956) was a Swiss painter.
Ernst Frick | |
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 Frick (left) in conversation with the progressive educator and chemist Paul Reiner | |
| Born | September 21, 1881 |
| Died | August 23, 1956 (aged 74) |
| Known for | Editor of Der Weckruf |
| Movement | Der Große Bär |
| Spouse | Margarethe Fellerer |
| Partner | Frieda Gross-Schloffer |
Biography
Frick was born in Knonau, the son of a travelling salesman. Frick was a founder, who became a union member and then anarchist. He was editor of anarchist newspaper Weckruf (1904-1906). He served a year in prison (1912-1913) for his involvement in liberating a Russian anarchist from incarceration in Zurich. From 1911, he lived with Frieda Gross-Schloffer, wife of psychoanalyst Otto Gross, then from 1920, with photographer Margarethe Fellerer, whom he married in 1941. He became a painter at the urging of Artur Segal, and published essays on archaeology and the history of language.[1]