JulietJFallAug 15, 2023
I have inherited an extraordinary archive of sketches, drawings, watercolours, & oils by my great-grandfather Albert Proetel (born Prötel, in 🇩🇪). He moved around Europe painting & married in Switzerland, setting up a studio in Lausanne. Never famous, probably suffered economically from being German in🇨🇭. His art has always been around on family walls. What on should I do other than just enjoy it? Some is framed, most in large folders. #art #artsuisse #kunst #lausanne #sierre #vaud #albertproetel
Show threadJens Jäger
@JulietJFall I recommend contacting museums in the areas where he lived, worked, or came from. Some may be interested in displaying (or at least storing) some of the work. That way the paintings would have a good home, and people could appreciate them. Maybe they'd even be studied!
(I don't think many people would visit a random website you put up with high-res scans.)
Aug 15, 2023 at 12:04pmWeb
Show threadJulietJFallAug 15, 2023
@JensJot I wonder? I suspect that museums only want major artists, but I might be wrong. Perhaps visual archives might be interested, but it would be a question of finding specific relevant ones. So far, I'll keep them together and see. But thanks for the idea!
Show threadJens JägerAug 15, 2023
@JulietJFall Major museums are probably more interested in the "big names", but maybe there's a museum in the town where he was born, or where he worked. Maybe the universities in the area have ethnology departments (or Swiss art history?).
I understand the sentiment to keep all fo the works together! I'm crossing my fingers you find a good solution. 😃