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The Good Spirit

Artist
Hedwig Hayoz-Häfeli
Year
1997
Material
Plaster
Location
Bremgarten Cemetery, Murtenstrasse 51

Background

“Der gute Geist” (The Good Spirit) by Hedwig Hayoz-Häfeli, from 1997, is a plaster figure at the Bremgarten cemetery in Bern. Hayoz-Häfeli, born in Aarau in 1935, is a painter and sculptor. Until 2019 she made small figures that were cast in bronze in Riedtwil and Solothurn. The cemetery opened in 1864 as a replacement for the Monbijou cemetery.

Researched and summarised by Bärn Kit. Sources: Kultur Stadt Bern, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (offene Daten) · Wikipedia (de): Hedwig Hayoz-Häfeli · Wikipedia (de): Bremgartenfriedhof

Location in Bern
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Bremgarten Cemetery, Murtenstrasse 51

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Data: Kultur Stadt Bern (open data “Kunst im öffentlichen Raum”). Found a mistake? Write to hallo@uebrig.ch.