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Alexandre Calame — Torrent de montagne
Image creditsAlexandre Calame · Torrent de montagne · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Alexandre Calame — « Torrent de montagne ». Another work by the artist, chosen as a visual connection to the story.

Alexandre Calame · Torrent de montagne · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Alexandre Calame · 5 min read

The drowning man the paint had hidden

A torrent by Calame seemed to contain only a landscape and a few figures on the bank. Research by the Valais Art Museum restored the scene's meaning: a man swept away by the water had been painted over after 1932.

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Alexandre Calame — Orage à la Handeck
Image creditsAlexandre Calame · Orage à la Handeck · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Alexandre Calame — « Orage à la Handeck ». Another work by the artist, chosen as a visual connection to the story.

Alexandre Calame · Orage à la Handeck · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Alexandre Calame · 5 min read

The storm we watch from dry ground

The Storm at the Handeck helped make Calame known across Europe. This monumental landscape promises an encounter with the mountains, but its intensity is constructed in the studio: a painted tempest offered to an audience safely in the dry.

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Alexandre Calame — Paysage lacustre au soir
Image creditsAlexandre Calame · Paysage lacustre au soir · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Alexandre Calame — « Paysage lacustre au soir ». Another work by the artist, chosen as a visual connection to the story.

Alexandre Calame · Paysage lacustre au soir · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Alexandre Calame · 5 min read

Dutch light on Lake Brienz

Calame's Lake Brienz owes something to a journey far from the Alps. After studying the Dutch masters, the painter returns to the Swiss landscape with different tools for guiding light between trees and water.

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