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Tuesday, 17 May, 2011
Arts CH: Ascona honors Russian-Swiss artist Marianne Werefkin
Marianne Werefkin was a Russian-Swiss expressionist painter who created works now regarded as masterpieces in the early part of the 20th century. After the First World War, she and her lover moved to Switzerland, where they lived in Geneva and Zurich. Following a difficult separation, she retreated to Ascona on Lake Maggiore, in the canton of Ticino. She was extroverted and generous and loved by the people of Ascona, and it appears that she still is. An exhibit at the Museo Ascona features her early works, along with those of other Russian masters. Arts contributor Cristina Foglia has more details on the show. Plus, she talks to one of the curators, an expert on Russian art, John Bowlt:
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Self Portrait. Marianne Werefkin. 1910. (Photo from Wikipedia)
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