Hans Cloos (born January 22, 1875, in Zürich; died December 12, 1956, in Zurich) was a Swiss painter and writer. Cloos studied under Thomas Anschutz and Hans Bürgi at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich. In 1904 he began working as an illustrator for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and was also a contributor to the Tägliche Rundschau. He was one of the founders of the Blauer Reiter group and his paintings were exhibited at the Wien Secession and the Secession in Munich
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He was a member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) but left it to join Kandinsky's Der Blaue Vier. He became a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter again in 1932. His work is represented at the Kunsthaus Zürich, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, and other important collections.