(1895 Le Sentier - 1980 Geneva)

 

Henry Meylan was born on September 14, 1895 in the village of Sentier in the Vallée de Joux.

He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and thereafter made Geneva his home base, although he traveled frequently to Spain, Brittany, Paris and elsewhere.

 

He was assigned as an artist for the Swiss army during WWII.

 

Meylan is also well known for his woodblock prints and book illustrations.