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Friedrich Eduard Traffelet, popularly Fritz Traffelet (1897–1954) was a
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for Friedrich Traffelet {{DEFAULTSORT:Traffelet, Friedrich 1897 births 1954 deaths 20th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters Artists from Bern Swiss military personnel 20th-century Swiss male artists
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet, popularly Fritz Traffelet (1897–1954) was a Bern
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ese painter and illustrator.
After studies in Zürich
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and Paris
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, he married Alice Rondi in 1921. In the 1930s, Traffelet gained renown as a military painter and served in the Swiss Army
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during World War II
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from 1939 to 1945. Done in a 19th-century style, his paintings and illustrations of soldierly life have become defining images of Switzerland in World War II.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Traffelet also executed a wide range of portraits, landscape paintings and facade paintings. They most often depict historic or traditional genre scenes, reflecting his generally conservative outlook.
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for Friedrich Traffelet {{DEFAULTSORT:Traffelet, Friedrich 1897 births 1954 deaths 20th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters Artists from Bern Swiss military personnel 20th-century Swiss male artists