Anna B. Aemisegger-Giezendanner

CH • 1831-1905

Anna Barbara Aemisegger-Giezendanner (1831-1905) invites us to imerse in an idealised view of rural life around 150 years ago. «S'Giezedanners Babeli», as the artist was popularly called at the time, lost her husband at an early age and subsequently had to earn the family's living alone as a widow with three children. Since hand weaving was not profitable enough, she trained herself to become a master in drawing and painting peasant motifs. Numerous farmers commissioned her to portray their pride and joy, meaning their farm, garden, livestock and family, and Babeli Giezendanner kept her head above water with her art commissions. Giezendanners paintings are created with the greatest care and richness of detail and takes us back to a past era, to a countryside idyll to dream about.