Oscar Nussio
Born in 1899.
Died in 1976.
Oscar (Oskar) Nussio (1899–1976) is documented as a painter and wood sculptor whose oeuvre, according to the notices consulted, encompasses portraits, landscapes and caricatures published in the press.
The works’ supports and inscriptions on the reverse indicate that he lived and worked in Sur (Lower Engadine; referred to as “Sur-En” on certain panels) until 1936, while works dated later bear locations associated with Greifensee.
The sources describe his practice as combining painting and wood sculpture, without providing further details on the sculptural techniques in the documentation.
The surviving documents present a varied production: portraits, Alpine landscapes and caricatures intended for various articles. The works cited include the oil painting Alla fontana (1930) and a Portrait du conseiller fédéral Calonder (1931), the latter identified in a gallery notice as belonging to the Rätisches Museum Chur. The documented landscapes include signed and dated Alpine views such as Piz Kesch (25.VI.1944), Lai Nair (the name given to a lake in the Upper Engadine) and a Dorfansicht of Susch dated 1940.
Other signed and dated paintings depict specific places and mark stages in his career: Greifensee (29.IV.1952), Blick auf das Schloss Tarasp im Winter (27.II.1952, marked “Sur-En” on the reverse), Soglio (25.IX.1957) and a work dated 1960 entitled Zizers gegen Falknis und Luziensteig. The documentation also includes paintings with pastoral subjects, such as a Wintertag mit Schafherde und Hirtin bearing a partially recorded date, “II (19)21”.
The presence of works on the market is attested by gallery notices (e.g. Galerie des Annonciades offering an oil on panel dated 1945) and by sales catalogues recording signatures, dates and inscriptions appearing on the reverse.
In the works described, the regional motif recurs frequently: the Engadine (Lai Nair, Piz Kesch, Tarasp, Soglio) and the Greifensee region appear as constant topographical reference points in his dated and signed oeuvre. The information retained here is based primarily on gallery notices and sales descriptions brought together in the documentation.
