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| detail from Two women from Evolene, around 1920 |
Visiting small local galleries can be very enlightening and the the Sion Art gallery in the Valais region of Switzerland is a little gem! The rooms are well lit and the gallery just the right size to be able to spend an hour or two discovering the delightful works of local artists as well as some more internationally known ones. Here we found work by Oskar Kokoshka and Felix Valloton, but what stood out for me were the paintings by local artists including Raphy Dalleves, who specialised in portraits of peasants from the region, dressed in their everyday clothes, and going about their work. The women in the above portrait are from the village of Evolene, where to this day people proudly wear similar colourul costumes.
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| Les Laveuses, Heremence, by Raphy Dalleves, 1907 - Tempera on canvas |
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| details from Les Laveuses, Heremence |
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