Jakob Greuter

1890–1984, Swiss

Tags: Drawing

Born in Oberhofen, Switzerland, Jakob Greuter spent most of his life in the nearby city of St. Gall. He worked as a locksmith and a garbage collector. He began drawing in the 1920s, and his work depicts military themes and other subjects copied from magazine and newspaper illustrations, complete with accompanying text. In translation, his signature reads, “Fantasy picture by untrained artist Jakob Greuter.”