Christian Vetsch
Christian Vetsch (born October 20, 1912 in Grabs ; † August 16, 1996 in Altstätten ) was a Swiss painter and representative of Appenzell peasant painting .
Vetsch spent his childhood years in Grabs. Later he worked as a day laborer and servant and lived with his wife in Altstätten. The marriage remained childless. Vetsch is one of the best known representatives of rural painting in Switzerland. He painted mostly in oils and very naturalistically. In the exhibition “Heimat Alpstein - Appenzeller and Toggenburger Bauernmalerei” in 2017, Vetsch was prominently represented in the Kulturzentrum am Münster in Konstanz along with other well-known representatives of naive painting.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.galeriehilt.ch/Kuenstler-Lex/Vetsch%20Christian.htm
- ↑ https://www.thurgaukultur.ch/magazin/bilder-erzaehlen-geschichten-3384
- ↑ http://www.konstanz.de/rathaus/medienportal/mitteilungen/11144/index.html
- ↑ https://www.thurgaukultur.ch/magazin/bilder-erzaehlen-geschichten-3384
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vetsch, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and representative of Appenzell peasant painting |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grabs |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1996 |
| Place of death | Altstätten |