Stéphanie Guerzoni
Born in 1887.
Died in 1970.
Stéphanie Guerzoni was a painter whose birth name is given as Stéphanie Caroline Jeanne Pechkranz.
She trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Genève, where she first attended Louis Dunki’s classes and then those taught by Ferdinand Hodler. As recorded in the notices consulted, her oeuvre consists primarily of portraits, landscapes and frescoes.
According to the biographical documents, she gave birth to a daughter, Denise, on 11 October 1914, subsequently married Michelangelo Spanio, and lived in Rome from 1940 to 1943 before returning to Switzerland, where she stayed notably in Neuchâtel.
Between 1960 and 1965, at the request of Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, she executed the frescoes of the Cathedral of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in La Storta (Rome), according to the information provided by the source. These works form part of the documented monumental aspect of her activity, which includes both religious commissions and easel works (portraits and landscapes).
Among the distinctions and forms of institutional recognition mentioned, the source records her appointment as a Knight of the Légion d’honneur on 21 July 1934, as well as the presence of works in public collections, notably the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève and the Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki.
