Ottilie W. Roederstein: A Swiss Woman Artist Rediscovered

Ottilie W. Roederstein: A Swiss Woman Artist Rediscovered

Ottilie W. Roederstein, Quinces, 1929. Tempera on canvas. Kunstmuseum Bern, gift of the artist.

She was one of the leading female painters of her generation and the most important Swiss female portrait artist of the early modern era. Her name: Ottilie W. Roederstein. A new retrospective at the Kunsthaus Zürich honors an artist who was often the only woman representing Switzerland abroad, alongside her contemporaries Hodler, Amiet and Giacometti.

Event Information
Start Date: December 18, 2020
End Date: April 5, 2021
Venue: Kunsthaus Zürich

Ottilie W. Roederstein: A Swiss Woman Artist Rediscovered