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Militant Switzerland Vs. Switzerland, Island Of Peace, Alex Winiger
Militant Switzerland Vs. Switzerland, Island Of Peace, Alex Winiger
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Two monumental murals depict Switzerland during the
First World War: the votive painting in the Lower Ranft Chapel in
Flüeli-Ranft by Robert Durrer (1867-1934), Albert Hinter (1876-
1957) and Hans von Matt (1899-1985) from 1920-21, and the cycle
of Charles L’Eplattenier (1874-1946) in the Knights’ Hall of the Colombier
Castle from 1915-19, depicting the mobilization of Swiss
soldiers in 1914. They report in rich details how differently artists in
that country saw the war of 1914-18. Both were put into architectural
monuments built around 1500.