Bertha Züricher or Berthe Zuricker (20 March 1869 – 7 October 1949) was a

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author, painter and engraver.

Life

Züricher was born in

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on 20 March 1869. She was known for her paintings and engravings of genre scenes, landscapes and figures, but she was also a writer. Zuricher's paintings were exhibited at the

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in Paris. In November 1904

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chose her paintings of flowers and fruits to be exhibited. In 1928 Zuricher published ''Postkarte, Herrn Wartman''.

Death and legacy

Züricher died in 1949 in

. She was given a large retrospective exhibition in the year after she died. Paintings in Bern collections are ''Hunter on the Look-out'' and ''In the Cradle''. In 2004, Kurt Jakob Egli wrote ''Bertha Züricher: Leben und Werk der Berner Malerin''. In 2012 there was a retrospective exhibition of her work at Archivarte Galerie im Breitenrain.

References

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