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Rudolf Häsler Biography

Rudolf Hasler ( * July 29, 1927 in Interlaken , Canton of Bern, † January 18, 1999 in Sant Cugat del Vallès , Barcelona ) was a Swiss painter, printmaker and draftsman . From 1957-1969 he lived in Cuba and was responsible for the revolution of 1963 , the national structure of the decorative arts grew as Hasler industria.Rudolf the son of a postal bus driver and a Swiss citizen born in Poland and abroad Bödeli in the Bernese Oberland on. He completed post-high school educational seminar in Solothurn , where he served on the University academic fraternity Solodernenis Amicitia . [2 ] From 1947 he worked as a primary school teacher Klus ( Balsthal ) . From 1948-1951 was an elementary school teacher in Boningen SO . Also took painting lessons and made ​​several trips to Europe. In 1952 he left teaching to devote himself entirely to art. He traveled in 1952 to 1953 in the Algerian Sahara , and lived from 1953-1955 in the Andalusian cities of Seville and Granada . Other travels took him to Italy , Yugoslavia , back through North Africa to the Sahara and back to Andalusia. In Granada he met in 1956 , Maria Dolores Soler known Cuban model of a painter friend 1957 on a trip through the United States in his hometown of Santiago de Cuba and accompanied married there . In 1958 , in Santiago Rodolfo child into the world , the first of four children of the couple . Since the country immediately fascinated Hasler decided instead of two weeks planned to stay longer in Cuba . In 1958 he undertook a study trip to Haiti and stayed until 1959 , in Santiago . Cuba In Cuba Hasler experienced the height of the Cuban Revolution , in which the city was Santiago and its region of central importance. He shared the optimism at the time of the victory of Fidel Castro said rebels in early 1959 and get active participation in social change. He joined a group of artists and architects in the Ministry of Defence of the art building was dedicated . Later developed after studying the local traditions , the concept of nation building ceramic industry, which was approved by the government and executed. He became a management consultant at the National Institute of Arts and Crafts in the capital, Havana newly created , after the resignation of his superiors, he was promoted to Director Director in February 1960 itself. Behind the Argentinean revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che " Guevara as damaligem Industry Minister , who had frequent contact with work-related , Hasler was the highest-ranking foreign official in the Cuban state . Except with Cuban artists and intellectuals who came to Cuba in contact with prominent foreigners who visited the country at the time, including Pablo Neruda or Errol Flynn . [4 ] He was closely associated with long-term assistant staff Castro , Celia Sánchez , friends . Their initiatives for the development of the arts and crafts have been applied , for example , in the manufacture of ceramic products , hammocks and musical instruments and provided for the creation of thousands of new jobs . The focus of the Government of Cuba to the Soviet Union led by Guevara led to a rapid progression alignment with strict bureaucratic model socialist planned economy. Fidel Castro , while restricting civil liberties more and more, and led a totalitarian and militaristic , command obedience from his model society person . These experiences led Häslers growing disillusionment with leaders initially supported the Revolution . was repeatedly raided his workplace by the secret police . After a particularly absurd plan Celia Sanchez was not taking on their own , fell into disgrace and was removed from office in 1963. On the initiative of the Communist Party was published fake a resume , was a former SS member in Hitler 's Germany , and the current CIA spy defamed the service of the United States. After leaving public service , he worked at his home in Havana as an artist and artisans , and supported his family by several committees , especially the ceramics. For the authorities, was ostracized as " painter regimeuntreuer " . In 1967 , was held at the Local mural art studio in Mexico. In January 1969 , with his family , he managed to get out of Cuba , whose approval is required exhausting bureaucratic process . His experiences in Cuba held Hasler in his book published in 1984 Cuba - Freedom and Terror: An experienced painter firmly revolution . Spain Hasler lived from 1970 until his death in Sant Cugat del Vallès in Barcelona , and was successful as a painter . In the 1990s , the study tours have taken him to Algeria, Tangier , Vienna and Turkey. His sons Rodolfo Alejandro , Juan Carlos and Ana were also active as an artist in the fields of poetry , painting and music at a professional level . The January 18, 1999 , suffered a cardiac arrest .