Albert Walch
Born in 1816.
Died in 1882.
Albert Walch was a painter of German origin. He studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich before settling in Bern in 1849. His artistic career flourished in Switzerland, where he worked as a teacher at the Bern School of Fine Arts between 1871 and 1882.
Walch is recognised for his genre works and historical pieces, which testify to a particular sensitivity to narrative themes and to the representation of everyday life in his time.