Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Friedrich Traffelet 

Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet, popularly Fritz Traffelet (1897–1954) was a Bernese painter and illustrator.After studies in Zürich and Paris, he married Alice Rondi in 1921. In the 1930s, Traffelet gained renown as a military painter and served in the Swiss Army during World War II from 1939 to 1945. Done in a 19th century style, his paintings and illustrations of soldierly life have become defining images of Switzerland in World War II.In the 1940s and 50s, Traffelet also executed a wide range of portraits, landscape paintings and facade paintings. They most often depict historic or traditional genre scenes, reflecting his generally conservative outlook.
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
Friedrich Traffelet
      

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