Soldier scene
- Artist
- Friedrich Traffelet
- Year
- 1939
- Material
- Mural
- Location
- Swiss Rifle Museum, Bernastrasse 5, facade
Background
“Soldatenszene” is a wall painting from 1939 on the facade of the Swiss Shooting Museum at Bernastrasse 5 in Bern. Above the entrance, it shows a patriotic scene with a Swiss flag, citizens and soldiers. Friedrich Traffelet, known in the 1930s as a military painter, served in the Swiss Army from 1939 to 1945. His paintings of soldiers’ life made him known in Switzerland. The museum opened at its present site on 26 November 1939.
Researched and summarised by Bärn Kit. Sources: Kultur Stadt Bern, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (offene Daten) · Wikipedia (de): Schweizer Schützenmuseum · Wikipedia (en): Friedrich Traffelet · Wikipedia (de): Friedrich Traffelet
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Data: Kultur Stadt Bern (open data “Kunst im öffentlichen Raum”). Found a mistake? Write to hallo@uebrig.ch.