Gérard Ernest Schneider

Gérard Ernest Schneider (1896 in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland – 1986 in Paris, France) was a Swiss painter. He was a key figure in lyrical abstraction movement and the School of Paris. == Life == Schneider was born in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland in 1896. At the age of 20, he moved to Paris to study at the École des Arts Décoratifs. In 1918, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, joining the studio of Fernand Cormon, renowned for having taught artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, H…