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 threadBill RhodesAug 15, 2023
@JulietJFall have you checked with universities in the area he lived?
Show threadJulietJFallAug 15, 2023
@Brhodes No! I have an account of my grandmother’s early life which hints at his movements, back & forth to Germany. But it would be a (Art history? History? Geography?) research project to retrace it all. Maybe a good hobby topic to pursue when I have done the other million research ideas that I want to pursue… Or something for an MA student.
Show threadExcessive MinimalismAug 15, 2023
@JulietJFall @Brhodes Maybe you could upload low res scans to the internet and ask the world to help find the different monuments he painted, and then make a map of all the locations with their corresponding paintings?
Show threadJulietJFall
@excess @Brhodes What a great idea! Thanks!
Aug 15, 2023 at 12:53pmWeb